The name says it all, but the park has a great story too.
Freedom Park was named in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the USA. Many compared these events to the tragic attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941 (“a day of infamy”). The NW Washington region’s remaining survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack were named as honorary stewards of the Park, noting that they are “living symbols of the efforts of many Americans who overcame tragedy to serve the cause of a secure democracy and a safer world.” Freedom Park is Washington’s only monument memorializing Pearl Harbor survivors and is thought to be the nation’s only park so dedicated outside of Hawaii. (The USS Arizona, the sunken vessel that serves as the national Pearl Harbor Memorial in
Honolulu and as the resting place of 1,102 of its crew, sailed into Washington waters in 1922, 1927, and 1933.)
Today Freedom Park is private property and funded and maintained by volunteers. We love our community and hope you will support this park. This cache was placed with permission of the property owner.