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Arkansas Korean War Memorial
Little Rock, Arkansas |
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The Arkansas
Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated
on June 25, 2007, the 57th
 anniversary date
of the beginning of the Korean War.
Located in Little Rock's MacArthur Park, the
Memorial Plaza features a 3' tall black
granite pentagon bearing the emblems of the
five military branches; a nearly 12' by 12'
frosted gray granite entryway; and three
larger than life-size bronze statues stand
in the center of the plaza surrounded by a
semi-circle of eight 3' wide x 6' tall black
granite tablets. The tablets, weighing
in excess of 3,000 pounds each, are engraved
with the names of the 461 Arkansas
servicemen and women killed in action, a
description of Korean War events and a map
of Korea. The Memorial was built by
three divisions of Suhor Industries: SI
Memorials, SI Veterans Memorials and SI
Construction Services. |
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 Three larger
than life-size bronze statues are the
central focus of the Arkansas Korean War
Veterans Memorial Plaza. One statue is
a combat soldier representing the fighting
that took place in South Korea to stop the
spread of communism. The second is of
two Korean children representing the
suffering of the Korean people during the
war and the future generations of Koreans
that have rebuilt that nation. The
third statue honors the brave sacrifices
that Combat Medics and Navy Corpsmen made to
save the lives of others during this
conflict. The statues were designed
and constructed by Light and Time Design
Studio and Art Foundry, Royal, Arkansas |
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 Naomi Rogers
(left), the Korean-American Little Rock area
resident whose vision it was to build the
Arkansas Korean War Veterans Memorial, is
pictured in front of the three memorial
statues. Ms. Rogers formed the
Memorial Foundation and was instrumental in
raising most of the money that paid for the
Memorial. Standing next to Ms. Rogers
are (L-R) Brett Cargill, Mike Forbes, Tony
Burnett, Pat Routh and Homer Routh.
Cargill, Forbes and Routh are members of the
SI team that designed and constructed the
Arkansas Memorial Plaza. Burnett is
owner of Superior Concrete, a project
sub-contractor. |
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