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County wants park to memorialize bombing victims
Charlotte Sun Article
Charlotte County commissioners be-lieve a proposed tower commemorating the 1983 bombing of Marine barracks in Beirut could be the nation’s best memori-al for this tragedy.
Read ItBeirut Peacekeepers Memorial Tower Website
The Beirut Peacekeepers Memorial Tower now has its own website. Learn more about the tower at beirutpeacekeepers.org.
Read ItA Story That Must Be Told
With many Beirut veterans and family members in attendance, the highlight of this groundbreaking ceremony was announcing the future construction of the Beirut Peacekeepers Memorial Tower. It will be a place to reflect on, learn about, and enjoy the freedom and sacrifice of others for generations to come.
Read ItLearn More about WR Gaines Jr
"If we stay and achieve the freedom and stability that can only be achieved thru force (the people here are different; they don’t understand diplomacy, only force) and I die in the process, I feel that I would have died for a good reason. "
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