DBI helped build the Veterans Tribute Memorial in Midlothian, Texas, just south of Dallas.
Dedicated on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, December 7, 2022, the Memorial combines colored concrete walks with four large black cubic granite benches that are set within the landscape leading up to the memorial. At the end of the walkway is a large black granite star set in the foundation of a single flagpole. An outer rim of granite contains a quote from U.S. Army General John J. Pershing, “Time will not dim the glory of their deeds,” spoken in remembrance of American soldiers who died in World War 1.
Within a radial granite band behind the flagpole are six 2-foot-2-inches wide by 7-foot-tall granite monoliths featuring cast bronze seals representing the U.S. Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Space Force, each weighing 2,200 lbs.
Behind the star and monoliths is a radial bench forming an arc of black granite with carved and painted inscriptions on either end. On the left end is a quote by Elmer Davis, Director of the U.S. Office of War Information during WW II: “This Nation will remain the Land of the Free only so long as it is the Home of the Brave.” On the right is a poignant quote from an unknown source: “Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.”
Quarried and fabricated in Minnesota by Coldspring, the Mesabi Black granite has a polished and honed finish. The project used a total of 1500 sq. ft. of paving.
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