In 1950, five years after the end of World War II, the Virginia General Assembly authorized the building of a memorial to honor and remember the nearly 10,000 Virginians who made the ultimate sacrifice serving in the U.S Armed Forces. A design was chosen, as was the location – nearly five acres overlooking the James River and downtown Richmond along U.S. Routes 1 and 301, the primary route from Maine to Florida before the construction of Interstate 95. As construction began, America entered the Korean War and plans were changed to include the heroes of this conflict. Construction was completed in 1955 and the Memorial was officially dedicated on February 29, 1956. The Memorial celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2016.
In order to get credit for the cache, complete the following:
A. Proceed to Virtual Stage 01, the Shrine. Locate the list of names for Bedford County in the WWII Section. Find Owen Fisher. What is his Middle Initial?
B. At the same waypoint, locate the two brass plaques directly below the Bedford List. What are the names of the two cemeteries?
C. Proceed to Virtual Stage 02, the MEMORY Sculpture.. What is the sculptor's name?
D. At the same waypoint, take a picture that includes the word "MEMORY" from the sculpture and you, or your GPS or other equipment. It does not have to include your face, but it should show that you physically visited the Memorial.
Email or message me the answers to A, B and C. Post D in with your log, or email me the picture.
The Center is open 9am-4pm Monday through Saturday, and noon-4pm on Sunday. It is closed Christmas Day, New Years Day, Easter and Thanksgiving. The shrine (where the two waypoints are located) is open 5am-midnight daily. Night caching is not recommended, however.
Virtual Reward - 2017/2018 This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between August 24, 2017 and August 24, 2018. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards on the Geocaching Blog. https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2017/08/virtual-rewards/