The Graybeards - KWVA - Korean War Veterans Association

Memorial in front of the Municipal
building in Babbitt, MN.
View of Eastern
Side of Memorial.
meeting we received
permission. The slab
and monument were
placed late fall 2002.
The flag poles were
ordered early spring
2003 and placed in
position June 2003.
The 753 names bricks
were ready in July and
the contractor placed
them the first week of
August 2003.
On Monday October 20, 2003 we held a dedication ceremony.
Mayor Don Negely delivered a proclamation and the guest
speaker was State Representative David Dill. Other funds were
received from The American legion post for half the monument
and their post members name bricks. Also the local organization
of the Babbitt Lions donated the flag poles and assisted with the
cost of running electrical power out to the site. Pictures show the
monument with all three flags flying and a close up of the
Monument that was mined at a local quarry.
There is also a Walk of Honor containing 753 completed name
bricks with room for 226 more. Each brick contains name,
branch of service, war involved in or service dates and also personal
info such as medals.
(Thank you Robert Curtiss for letter and photos.
West Virginia Remembers
Above: Full side view with
names of donating chapters and
other organizations.
Above: Korean War Plaque on side.
Below: Front view has paved blocks of
6 counties
On November 11, 2003 the recently completed Korean War
Memorial was dedicated in the city of South Charleston, West
Virginia.
The dedication of the memorial was the result of three
years of fund raising activities including. cookbook sales,
quilt raffles, sales of home made crafts and of individual and
private donations. The Mountaineer Chapter of Charleston, W.
VA. and the Elk River Chapter of Clendenin, W. VA. joined
forces to raise funds for this memorial. Both chapters would
like to thank all those who donated either time or money to
bring the Memorial to completion. The memorial has engraved
bricks on the Eastern side dedicated to approximately 240
young men who made the supreme sacrifice during the Korean
War. All of these young men were from the area surrounding
Charleston, West Virginia.
The Western side of the memorial has bricks engraved with
the names of those who have served and survived all our wars.
During the dedication KWVA members read the names of the
240 who perished and members of the South Charleston Fire
Department rang a bell as each name was read. The Korean
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