Ceremonies
The site for the Arkansas Korean War Memorial was dedicated on November 15,
2003 at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History (Tower Building)
in Little Rock.
VIP attendees included:
General Pong Ryull Yang - Korean Consul
Lt. Col. Jeong
Ill Oh - ROK, stationed Ft. Sill Oklahoma Artillery School
Bruce Lee - President
of Southern Legion of Korean Veterans Assocation, Atlanta, Georgia
Tom Choi
- President of Korean American Association of Arkansas
Mayor Jim Dailey
Brian
Day - Director of Little Rock Parks and Recreation
Naomi Rogers - President of Arkansas Korean War Memorial Foundation
Nick Bacon - Director of State Department of Veterans Affairs
The ground breaking ceremony is scheduled for late spring 2004 (no later than
June 25, the exact date will be announced by the foundation at a future date).
Unveiling will commence on June 25, 2005.
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