LVHG Presentation 20090704

Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor Garden(LVHG)(LVHG)

710 MLK Jr. Drive710 MLK Jr. DriveCleveland Cultural GardensCleveland Cultural Gardens

Sponsored bySponsored by

Joint Veterans CommissionJoint Veterans CommissionOf Cuyahoga CountyOf Cuyahoga County

All material and concepts - Copyright © 2007-2009 JVCOCC & R Saikus

Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor Garden

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Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor GardenMain Plaza Main Plaza –– World GlobeWorld Globe

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Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor GardenConcept Features Concept Features –– Main PlazaMain Plaza

Main plaza with the globe of the world Main plaza with the globe of the world showing all countries recognized by the showing all countries recognized by the world community as existing as of 2010. world community as existing as of 2010. There will be no country names here There will be no country names here and designed in such a way that if the and designed in such a way that if the world changes with the world world changes with the world community acknowledgement, there community acknowledgement, there might be an opportunity to alter the might be an opportunity to alter the shapes and recognize any new countryshapes and recognize any new country

Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor Garden1818thth, 19, 19thth, 20, 20thth, & 21, & 21stst century timeline monumentscentury timeline monuments

Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor GardenConcept Features Concept Features –– Centuries of ServiceCenturies of Service

Four century (18th, 19th, 20th and 21st) Four century (18th, 19th, 20th and 21st) timeline monuments honoring those timeline monuments honoring those who gave their lives and those who who gave their lives and those who served. Their design will be based on a served. Their design will be based on a competition that pairs up a sculptor with competition that pairs up a sculptor with a historian. Triangles only demark a historian. Triangles only demark location and not shape of artwork location and not shape of artwork

Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor GardenCentral Feature AreaCentral Feature Area

Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor GardenCentral FeatureCentral Feature

Five Eagles representing Freedom and the Five Eagles representing Freedom and the five military branches that deliver it with doves five military branches that deliver it with doves following, representing the opportunity for following, representing the opportunity for peace offered peace offered Included is a water feature with a prominent Included is a water feature with a prominent hands sculpture hands sculpture depicting the nation's and the nation's and citizens' gratitude, offering of care, link to the citizens' gratitude, offering of care, link to the heavens, and receiving the gifts ofheavens, and receiving the gifts of

life, friendship, freedom, and peacelife, friendship, freedom, and peace

Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor GardenFriendship & Gratitude WalkFriendship & Gratitude Walk

Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor GardenConcept FeaturesConcept Features

Friendship & Gratitude WalkFriendship & Gratitude Walk

Invite all countries of the world through Invite all countries of the world through the United Nations to send in native the United Nations to send in native stone forstone for paverspavers, on which will be , on which will be engraved the shape of the country and engraved the shape of the country and its English language, internationally its English language, internationally recognized name as well as its native recognized name as well as its native language namelanguage name

Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor GardenHonor allies who fought beside us on our soilHonor allies who fought beside us on our soil

Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor Garden-- Friendship/Gratitude Walk Friendship/Gratitude Walk –– Special Feature 1 Special Feature 1 ––

Honor allies who fought beside us on our soilHonor allies who fought beside us on our soil

Monument to honor our allies who Monument to honor our allies who fought beside us on our soil during our fought beside us on our soil during our Revolutionary War. The design will be Revolutionary War. The design will be based on a competition that pairs up a based on a competition that pairs up a sculptor with historiansculptor with historian

Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor GardenHonor allies who fought beside us throughout the world Honor allies who fought beside us throughout the world


Honor allies who fought beside us throughout the worldHonor allies who fought beside us throughout the world

Timeline monument to honor our allies Timeline monument to honor our allies throughout the history of our country, throughout the history of our country, beyond the Revolution, who fought beside beyond the Revolution, who fought beside us throughout the world. The design will be us throughout the world. The design will be based on a competition that pairs up a based on a competition that pairs up a sculptor with a historiansculptor with a historian

Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor GardenArt gifts of friendship and gratitude from other nations Art gifts of friendship and gratitude from other nations


Art gifts of friendship and/or gratitude from other nations Art gifts of friendship and/or gratitude from other nations

Multiple locations for individual art expressions Multiple locations for individual art expressions of friendship and/or gratitude from other of friendship and/or gratitude from other nations. First committed with a donation for nations. First committed with a donation for installation, first placed. Additional locations installation, first placed. Additional locations added as needed. All proposed art work will added as needed. All proposed art work will have to be approved by the Liberty Veterans have to be approved by the Liberty Veterans Honor Garden Committee, then The Cleveland Honor Garden Committee, then The Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation and finally by the Cultural Gardens Federation and finally by the City of Cleveland City of Cleveland

Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor GardenConcept Features Concept Features -- EducationalEducational

The globe and theThe globe and the paverspavers will serve as an will serve as an educational tool for child and adult alike to educational tool for child and adult alike to learn about the countries of the world and their learn about the countries of the world and their geographic relationship. They will be able to geographic relationship. They will be able to trace the shape and name of the country from trace the shape and name of the country from thethe paverspavers in the Friendship and Gratitude in the Friendship and Gratitude Walk and then go to the plaza and try to find Walk and then go to the plaza and try to find the matching shape in the World Globe. It will the matching shape in the World Globe. It will be possible to incorporate a culture/history be possible to incorporate a culture/history lesson with this geography exercise and with a lesson with this geography exercise and with a visit to other Cultural Gardens and Museums.visit to other Cultural Gardens and Museums.

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