KEEP JACKSON BEAUTIFUL, CITY OF JACKSON AND MADISON COUNTY HONORING VETERANS AT LIBERTY GARDEN
Dedication of Freedom Plaza and Arboretum planned November 11, 2009.
STAGING TIME: 1000, For a Flag line for this Event, Wednesday, 11 NOV 09
Directions to Liberty Gardens:
Channing Way is the first light on the US45 Bypass north of exit 80B on I-40.
[Going north-- Union Univ. on the west, WalMart on the east.]
Turn East on Channing Way. Proceed thru the light and the parking lot will be on your right
Approx 1/4 off US 45 Bypass
RCIC: Russ Martz, aka Merlin, russmartz@click1.net , (731) 631-0540
Additional info on the events of the day listed below in the press release! Come out and join us in the Wonderful Event to our Veteran’s!
On Veterans’ Day, Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 10:30a.m., Keep Jackson Beautiful in Partnership with The City of Jackson and Madison County, is planning a patriotic celebration to honor Veterans’ with the dedication of the Freedom Plaza and Arboretum. Liberty Garden was first championed in 2001 as a living memorial to September 11. Recent development at Liberty Garden increases the utilization of the 14.5-acre park located at the corner of Stonebridge and Channing Way.
The Freedom Plaza is located within a section of Liberty Garden and features several points of interests. Four kiosks house over 30 Charters of American Freedom documents.. A Battlefield Cross Sculpture reflects the fallen soldier. Central focus in the Freedom Plaza is a Veteran’s Memorial Wall that includes the names of fallen soldiers back to WWI from Jackson and Madison County. A decorative, round, concrete replica of the Tennessee Flag, surrounded by a ‘seating wall’ and accenting landscape, will frame the Veteran’s Memorial Wall. The walking trail connects to the Freedom Plaza creating fluid movement for school field trips and visitors. A cannon display coordinated by the Marine Corps League Capt. Jack Holland Detachment #735 is anticipated in the near future.
Cultivation of trees for educational, scientific, and aesthetic purpose is happening at the Liberty Garden Arboretum. The Arboretum encompasses all 14.5 park acres and is pending State Certification. Jodi Jacobs, Coordinator of Keep Jackson Beautiful for the City of Jackson is also the City Forester. Jacobs states, “To perpetuate the arboretum, a Tree Planting Program has been established that will sustain and promote tree succession. Planting trees in the arboretum also offers the community a viewing source of various species.”
Tammy Buchanan, KJB Commission Member and Liberty Garden Chairman, states, ‘Park patrons find Liberty Garden is a beautiful place graced with peace and patriotism. The additions enhance both the educational and wellness benefit of the park and serve to encourage creative play in an environmentally aesthetic ‘outdoor classroom’ experience. Phase II development at Liberty Garden has gratefully been achieved through the vision and combined investment of individuals, corporations, community groups and government.”
The Dedication at Liberty Garden will include a Patriot Guard Flag Line, Color Guard, National Guard AH84 Apache Helicopter Flyover, DAR Liberty Tree Dedication, Colonial Dames Flag Retirement Ceremony, Innovations Choir of Jackson State Community College, and Trumpeter, Tom Grant. Program Emcee is Steve Bowers. Program Speakers include Mayor Gist, Mayor Harris, Senator Lowe Finney, and LtCol John Wehner, USMC (RET). Lead sponsors are Keep Jackson Beautiful, The City of Jackson, Madison County, Cocks-Danuiels VFW Post 1848, BancorpSouth and Waste Management.
Dedicating the Freedom Plaza and Arboretum on Veterans’ Day at Liberty Garden encourages citizens of all ages, races and creeds to join in a beautiful place of nature that reflects the Resiliency of the American Spirit. In shared community commitment, the dedication Honors the service of Veterans and the memory of those who have perished to Preserve America, a Free Nation. Please make plans to attend the community dedication, encouraged to bring lawn chairs. For information, call Jodi Jacobs, 425-8227.
Annette Robeck
aka Dreamcatcher
TN State Captain
Patriot Guard Riders
dreamcatcher@patriotguard.org
(615) 974-3046 |