Disabled Military Veterans to Get Memorial of Their Own

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2006 – The nation’s capital is awash with military-themed statues and memorials. Yet, there isn’t a memorial honoring the sacrifices of America’s disabled military veterans

That’s going to change, Lois B. Pope, a noted Florida-based philanthropist, said today at the Ronald Reagan Building and Trade Center here. At a breakfast event, Pope kicked off the start of the “Faces of Freedom” photography exhibit featuring the work of lensman Rick Steele, who in 2005 spent four months in western Iraq embedded with U.S. Marines.

Pope is also co-founder and chairman of the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial Foundation. The foundation, she noted, has raised half the money needed to build the $65 million marble and glass memorial. It will be located on two acres of land adjacent to the National Mall within view of the U.S. Capitol. Pope said groundbreaking is set for 2008, with completion planned in 2010.

The American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial will honor America’s 3 million disabled military veterans living today, Pope said.


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