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The Support Our Soldiers Veteran's Monuments are 9 incredible hand-carved marble monuments to honor the soldiers in the wars from World War I forward. These are the only civilian-created and funded war monuments in the USA.

Creating the monuments

A look behind the scenes at the research, art, crafting and marble for the Veteran's Monuments

A walk through the monuments

Cathy Meskel explains details of each Monument located at Pioneer Town in Cedaredge, Colorado

Setting the Monuments

Big thank you to Benson Brothers for donating the equipment that we used to set the monuments and for donating the rock that enhances the park area where the monuments reside. Thank you to Robert Stone LLC in Grand Junction for cutting, polishing and finishing every monument and delivering and setting them in place. Thank you to Colorado Stone Quarries for donating the marble, this would not be possible without you all. 
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Click here for more about the World War I Monument with a complete history of the war with specifics about each image chosen and why.
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Click here for more about the World War I Monument with a complete history of the war with specifics about each image chosen and why.
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Click here for more about the World War II Monument with a complete history of the war with specifics about each image chosen and why.
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Click here for more about the World War II Monument with a complete history of the war with specifics about each image chosen and why.
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Korean War Monument

Click here more about the Korean War Monument, complete history of the war with specifics about each image chosen and why.
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Women of the Korean War Monument

Click here more about the Korean War Monument, complete history of the war with specifics about each image chosen and why.
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Click here for more about the Vietnam War Monument, complete history of the war with specifics about each image chosen and why.
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Click here for more about the Vietnam War Monument, complete history of the war with specifics about each image chosen and why.
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Click here for more about the Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Monument, complete history of the war with specifics about each image chosen and why.
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Click here for more about the Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Monument, complete history of the war with specifics about each image chosen and why.
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Click here for more about the Veteran's Creed Monument with specifics about each image chosen and why.
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Click here for more about the Honoring the Fallen Monument and Battlefield Crosses and specifics about each image chosen and why. All the soldier's uniforms and the battlefield crosses are historically correct
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Click here for more about the Medals of Honor Monument. Each medal of honor tells exactly why a soldier received this honor.  Thank you to Lt. Trevor Grover for his research on this monument.
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