From The Press Enterprise: MURRIETA: Korean War next to get monument
A memorial wall in Murrieta honoring veterans of the Korean War is expected to be unveiled on Veterans Day in November.
The wall will be the second of seven to be built in Murrieta's Town Square Park. It's the latest piece of a memorial that will eventually include monuments to those who fought in seven U.S. conflicts.
On Veterans Day last year, the city unveiled a black granite wall honoring veterans of World War II and a 25-foot, pentagon-shaped obelisk representing the U.S.'s five military branches.
Like that wall, the Korean wall will be etched with images from that war culled from the National Archives and other public domain sources. Organizers stayed clear of copyrighted images, which can be costly to license, Kolek said.
It will also feature a diagonal line cutting across the center. The line represents Korea's 38th parallel, the line of longitude separating that country's north and south. It is also meant to symbolize the unfinished nature of the conflict; though an armistice was signed in 1953, North and South Korea are still technically at war.
A Temecula-based firm, David Neault Associates, designed the memorial.
In all, the memorial is expected to cost about $2 million. The city kicked in the first $500,000, with private donations expected to cover the rest.
So far, about $85,000 has been raised privately, and the city's redevelopment agency had to make a loan to the effort to keep its construction progressing. Kolek said organizers expect donations to pick up once the memorial's Honor Garden is completed. The garden features bricks that can be purchased in someone's memory.
On Tuesday, the City Council was expected to approve a $32,000 contract with Topline Construction to build the Korean War phase of the memorial. The project will not be put out for a competitive bid because work the firm did when it built the first phase will carry over to the second phase, according to a city staff report.
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