Veterans Memorial Park and Cemetery
Merrillville, Indiana
This memorial is dedicated to the Veterans from all branches of service. The bronze statue includes life-size figures representing the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. At the center of the statue is a Civil War Union soldier carrying a U.S. flag.
The sculptor, Jerry McKenna of Boerne, Texas, was present at the ceremony on the morning of Nov. 11,2006 shortly before the 11 a.m. in front of Town Hall, 7820 Broadway when the veterans statue for the Merrillville/Ross Township Veterans Memorial was unveiled.
McKenna, a U.S. Air Force veteran has also created a number of other well-known statues in the Chicago area.