The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
paid their respects at Memorial Park
700 Hampton Street
Columbia, SC 29201
April 30, 2022

Memorial Park is located at the corner of Gadsden and Hampton streets in downtown Columbia. Memorial Park is dedicated to the memory of those who have fought and died in service to their country. With winding paths, benches and flowering bushes, this seven-acre park has become a popular place to spend an afternoon.

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Memorial Park Columbia SC sign
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Below: The SC Korean War Veterans Memorial

SC Korean War Veterans plaque
SC Korean War Veterans plaque
SC Korean War Veterans Memorial

This monument had a symbol for each of the branches of the U.S. Military, but Karen Duquette only photographed two of them.

US Navy Seal
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Below: The monument is dedicated to Pearl Harbor wives, widows, sons and daughter

Pearl Harbor plaque
Pearl Harbor Monument Pearl Harbor Monument
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The Holocaust monument stands on a granite Star of David and features the names of Holocaust liberators and survivors of South Carolina engraved on its granite walls. The memorial includes a map of the death camps across Europe and a chronology of WWII.

SC Gold Star Families Monument
SC Gold Star Families Monument
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Below: Monument for South Carolina's War Dogs

South Carolina War Dogs monument South Carolina War Dogs monument
South Carolina War Dogs monument
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Below: The Vietnam Memorial, is the largest monument of its type outside of Washington DC. It stands here as a memorial to 980 South Carolinians who died in Vietnam. It features two freestanding granite walls inscribed with the names of South Carolinians killed or lost in action in Vietnam, and was created to serve as a memorial to all those who served their country.

The Vietnam Memorial in SC The Vietnam Memorial in SC
The Vietnam Memorial in SC The Vietnam Memorial in SC
The Vietnam Memorial in SC
The Vietnam Memorial in SC
The Vietnam Memorial in SC The Vietnam Memorial in SC
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Below: A U.S. Navy Memorial

U.S. Navy Memorial
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The monument shown below honors the USS Columbia warship and those that served with her during WWII; the China-Burma-India Theater Veterans of WWII; casualties of the Pearl Harbor attack of December 7, 1941, and the State Vietnam War Veterans who were from South Carolina.

USS Columbia warship Memorial
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Below: The Spirit of The American Doughboy

Spirit of The American Doughboy Yanks Are Coming plaque
Spirit of The American Doughboy Spirit of The American Doughboy
Lafayette we are here plaque

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