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Veterans Memorial Plaza

Coordinates: 30°42′58″N 97°43′08″W / 30.716°N 97.719°W / 30.716; -97.719
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The plaza in 2018
Signage in 2018
Memorial wall, 2018

The Georgetown-Williamson County Veterans Memorial Plaza, or simply Veterans Memorial Plaza, is a memorial situated in Sun City Texas, in Georgetown, Texas, United States. The site hosts Memorial Day and Veterans Day ceremonies,[1] which have been attended by politicians and military personnel such as John Carter (2011),[2] Sean MacFarland (2014),[3] and Charles Schwertner (2014).[4] Completed in the early 2000s,[5] the plaza features more than 4,000 bricks inscribed with the names of veterans, as of 2015.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Jechow, Andy (2015-11-11). "Ways to honor military this Veterans Day". KXAN. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  2. ^ "Austin-area Memorial Day Events". statesman. 2011-05-26. Archived from the original on 2018-09-09. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  3. ^ Graham-Ashley, Heather (2014-11-13). "III Corps CG honors vets at Sun City ceremony". Fort Hood Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  4. ^ "Memorial Day events". mystatesman. 2014-05-25. Archived from the original on 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  5. ^ Griffin, Courtney (2015-05-25). "Hundreds attend Memorial Day concert in Georgetown". The Killeen Daily Herald. Archived from the original on 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  6. ^ "Purple Heart and WWII veterans honored in Sun City". KVUE. 2015-09-11. Archived from the original on 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
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30°42′58″N 97°43′08″W / 30.716°N 97.719°W / 30.716; -97.719