The two RV Gypsies
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.



Below: The 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.


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



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.


Below: Monument for South Carolina's War Dogs



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.





Below: A U.S. Navy Memorial


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.


Below: The Spirit of The American Doughboy