Faces of War Memorial
Public memorial in Roswell, Georgia, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Faces of War Memorial is a Vietnam War memorial located in Roswell, Georgia, in the United States. It is located on the grounds of Roswell City Hall[2] and was dedicated on Memorial Day on May 29, 1995.[3]
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Location | Roswell, Georgia, United States |
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Designer | Teena Stern, Don Haugen, and Zachary Henderson |
Type | War memorial |
Width | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Height | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
Dedicated date | May 29, 1995; 28 years ago (1995-05-29)[1] |
Dedicated to | Veterans of the Vietnam War |
The monument has a height of 14 ft (4.3 m) and a width of 20 ft (6.1 m). The monument is made of brick enclosing a sculpted bronze centerpiece topped with a capstone made of Georgia marble.[4] The bronze-cast centerpiece depicts a soldier reaching for the outstretched hand of a small girl, surrounded by background of fifty faces, all variously displaying a range of emotions. A thin cascade of water flows over the faces from the top of the monument.[1]
A Memorial Day ceremony is held annually at the Faces of War Memorial[5] which began in 1998,[6] though it was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] Roswell's annual Memorial Day ceremony is the largest Memorial Day event in the state of Georgia.[8]
The monument was designed by local architect Zachary Henderson,[9] and the bronze-cast centerpiece of the monument was sculpted by local husband-and-wife sculptors Don Haugen and Teena Stern.[1]