Johns Creek Veterans Memorial Walk

The Johns Creek Veterans Association is embarking on a plan to build a meditative memorial to veterans in a quiet, unused portion of Newtown Park.
The association needs to raise $150,000 to start the project, with a final goal of $300,000 to cover all the features it hopes to add. No tax dollars will be used. The City Council gave the Veterans Association verbal permission to proceed on Jan. 14.
“Johns Creek Veterans Memorial Walk at Newtown Park will offer a place to pause and remember the men and women who served our country,” said Johns Creek Veterans Association President Gerry Lewis.
Located on four acres just south of Park Place, the Memorial Walk will have a handicap-accessible, landscaped trail with black granite memorials for each major conflict dating from World War I. The memorials will be simply designed, with the conflict’s name, years and Campaign Service Medal. The entrance plaza will have a brick sitting wall and flags for each branch of service. A gazebo in the midst of the walking paths will coordinate with the Park Place patio.
The JCVA is accepting donations for the walkway, monuments, park benches, entrance plaza, gazebo, and engraved pavers to raise money for the project. The engraved pavers will be located near the monuments.
Groundbreaking is tentatively set for Memorial Day, and completion is anticipated to be Veterans Day 2014.