More than a hundred veterans and their families, as well as local and state leaders gathered in Warner Robins last week for a land tribute for the planned Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The property was donated to the city of Warner Robins by Vietnam vet Mike Driggers, and will host a memorial wall featuring the names of the 1,584 Georgians who did not return home from the Vietnam War. Some $300,000 has been set aside for the first phase of the memorial’s construction, and a planned second phase will include a building planned to be a welcome center for the city. Peach County Commission Chairman Martin Moseley said the memorial will provide “a great place of reflection and to just honor those people who gave their lives for this country.”
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