LOUISIANA'S MEDAL OF HONOR  PARK AND MUSEUM

(Louisiana graphic design by Doug Kidd)

 

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THANK YOU! FOR YOUR TIME - MATERIAL - DONATION$!

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MISSISSIPPI RIVER BANK - ORLEANS MATERIALS - PAM FIELDS - PLAQUEMINES PARISH GOVERNMENT - PLAQUEMINES NEWSPAPERS - PONTCHARTRAIN MATERIALS CORP - PRE-HEAT INC - PRINT ALL - PUBLIC WORKS NAS-JRB - REGIONS BANK - REPRESENTATIVE EARNEST WOOTEN - SALVO'S RESTAURANT - SCAIRONO MARTINEZ  ARCHITECTS - SENATOR FRANCIS C. HEITMEIER - SEVERN-TRENT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES - SHERIFF CHARLES FOTI - SHERIFF I.F. "JIFF" HINGLE - TIMES PICAYUNE NEWSPAPER (WESTBANK) - THUNDERBOLT CONSTRUCTION CO - TOM HARRINGTON - TRITON DIVING SERVICES INC - U.S. NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION #17 (SEABEES) - WWL-TV - WARREN BURMASTER - WILLIAMS SCOTTSMAN CO - X-PERT ELECTRIC SUPPLY

 

 

FOUNDATION WORK BEGAN 2001

                                        

                   Barriere Const. Co                                 Duplesis Truck Line                              Severn Trent (Water Line)                         

SEABEES BEGIN WORK JUNE 2003

SEEBEES RETURN JUNE 2004!

(CLICK ABOVE FOR PROGRESS THIS YEAR)

The Friends of Louisiana's Medal of Honor Museum and Park are proud to show the selected design for the Medal of Honor Monument in Belle Chasse, Louisiana.

 

This monument will feature names of each recipient, organized by war, on one of five black granite-paneled star points. The American flag will fly in the middle of the star, while flags representing each branch of the armed forces will encircle it. This is just the first phase of the Medal of Honor Park construction.

 

With designs for this first phase of the project complete, the park's organizing committee will now set its sights on raising $500,000 needed to complete the initial construction, set to begin in June - September 2003.

 

"We hope to get people out there excited about this and get behind us," said the treasurer for the committee, Murray Naquin. LMOHPARK also said anyone interested in contributing to the Medal of Honor Park or looking for additional information may email him by clicking on his name above or contact him at:  

(504) 394-2892

 

HERE IS THE DESIGN

 

 

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN DEVELOPMENT: MR. JODY COYNE

PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICES: SCAIRONO MARTINEZ ARCHITECTS, APAC

    HERE IS AN OVER HEAD VIEW OF THE 30 ACRE PARK TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE  PHASES TO COME

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THE SEABEES AT WORK JUNE 2003

 

                        

                      FIRST DAY OF PLANNING                                               THE SITE AND SEABEE FLAG

 

                 

                SHELTER FROM LOUISIANA HEAT                               SHELTER FROM LOUISIANA RAIN    

 

                     

                SEABEES WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT                                     RAIN CAUSES USE OF MAT

 

                       

                           STAR POINTS FORMED                                                     COMPLETING THE FORMS    

                          

                PLACING COINS IN THE FORM                                             THE FIRST POUR!    

                        

                 POURING THE STAR POINTS                                         WORK ON MORE STAR POINTS

     

                                                                                

THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 15 SEABEES WHO POURED 80 YARDS OF CEMENT IN ABOUT 8 HOURS. YOU COULD HEAR THE BUZZING A BLOCK AWAY! THEY REALLY WORKED THEIR STINGERS OFF! 

IT WAS SO GREAT TO SEE THE VISION, (1995) DREAM, PLANNING, AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EVERYONE BEHIND THIS PROJECT FINALLY BECOMING REALITY. IT WAS SO GREAT TO SEE THE DREAM BECOME REAL. SO REAL, I WAS ACTUALLY STANDING ON THE FIRST STAR POINT!!!!!!  THANKS TO EVERYONE, BUT REMEMBER, THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING. WE NEED MORE HELP AND MORE DONATIONS TO REALIZE THE COMPLETION OF THE PARK AND MUSEUM IN MEMORY OF ALL MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS. STAY WITH US AS WE CONTINUE TO COMPLETE THIS DREAM FOR LOUISIANA!       MURRAY NAQUIN

 

 

                                      

                                                      

                                             

                             BUZZZZZZZZZZ!                                     JULY 2003   8 HIGH!

                                 

                                           JULY 31 2003                                                    JULY 31 2003

                                                

                                       SLUG                                                        EVERYBODY WORKS

                                    

                         DOORS ARE IN                                                                       LUNCH BREAK

                            

                                        PHOTO OP                                                                               BACK AT IT!

 

THE SEABEE'S WORK ALMOST COMPLETE!

 

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Click for larger view!

 

THE END OF PHASE ONE IS ALMOST COMPLETE 

ONLY THE ROOF PLACEMENT REMAINS

                        

                       THE LAST ANGLE                                   DOORS SET                             THE LAST POUR BEFORE ROOF ARRIVES   

 

                                                       

                                                                               ROOF ARRIVES!

                                        

                      

 

       

                                                             TIME TAKEN TO HONOR THOSE WHO DIED ON 9-11

                                                                    

                                               THE PIECE EVERYONE WAS LOOKING FOR ON THE FIRST DAY!

         

                           ROOF COMPLETE----PHASE 2 BEGINS----THE BLACK GRANITE THAT WILL LIST THE RECIPIENTS 

 

SITE INSPECTION BY REAR ADMIRAL JAMES WALLEY/  

CAPT. STAN HUDSON, NAS-JRB

 

MEDAL of HONOR RECIPIENT

 MAJOR GENERAL JAMES LIVINGSTON

Returns (September 8, 2003)  to review LOUISIANA'S MEDAL OF HONOR PARK AND MUSEUM accomplishments after his first visit for the site dedication in October 1999. Takes time to visit with the Seabees.

 (Revisit that dedication day)

                

                                MOH RECIPIENT MAJOR GENERAL JAMES LIVINGSTON VISIT SEABEES  

   

                                   

                                                                                                         

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