The new monument is at Veterans Memorial Park, located at 10802 Town Square Drive Northeast in Blaine.Fred Dziduch is the president of ADD Lumber, celebrating 40 years in business. “Women from all over the United States and all over the world can come and see this.” “This is phenomenal that we have something now in Minnesota that will honor these women who have done so much,” Bauer said. It will be lit up with red and blue lights at night. Guider said the monument is made from the same black granite as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. To not honor everybody that’s ever served, to me, is a shame.” “Everybody hears the stories of what the men do but they don’t hear the stories of what the women do. “It’s been a long time coming,” Guider said. Park President Steve Guider said this particular monument has been many years in the making. The new monument is the ninth to be installed at Veterans Memorial Park in Blaine and was paid for, in part, by the 3M Open. People need to know what they did and who they are,” Bauer said. There are an estimated 25,000 female veterans living in Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs.īauer believes all of them deserve to be honored. She is part of a small group of female veterans who helped design the new monument. “It’s just, ah, it leaves me speechless,” said Captain Kay Bauer, an 86-year-old veteran from Coon Rapids.īauer served as a high-ranking Navy nurse for 35 years and helped treat wounded servicemembers in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The monument has five sides in honor of each branch of the military, with a flame on top meant to symbolize women on fire for freedom. It is believed to be the only monument of its kind in Minnesota, specifically paying tribute to women in the military. Veterans Memorial Park in Blaine unveiled a new monument Friday, dedicated to women in service. Veterans Memorial Park unveils new monument dedicated to women in service
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