MEMORIAL PROGRESS - Archive 2 archive 1
10 July 2008 - Entry 20
UFM officials were invited to a venue site follow up meeting at Ft. Douglas today. The focus of today’s meeting was to discuss the historical elements of the UFM monument design if the venue site at Ft. Douglas is approved. Additional discussion focused on other concerns such as notifying the U.S. Park Service about the proposed monument because the location is on property designated as a National Historical Landmark. Archeology experts will also need to be on site during construction to assess any items that may be uncovered during the removal of top soil.
Monument Arts presented an updated monument design that showed how the UFM monument can incorporate historical design elements if the Ft. Douglas site is approved.
Attending today’s meeting were: Chris L. Hansen, Preservation Planner with the Utah Division of State History, Bob Shipley, Richard Ward and Ronnie Valencia, all from the Ft. Douglas facility engineering department. UFM members included Tony Galvez, Brig. General Scott Harrison, Daniel Bolz, Perry Van Schelt and Paul Swenson.
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3 July 2008 - Entry 19
Today members of the UFM Executive Committee met with West Jordan city officials to review a potential venue site location in the Veteran’s Memorial Park, just west of the city office complex. This park measures over 90 acres and is comparable in size to Liberty Park in downtown Salt Lake City. West Jordan is the third largest city in Utah. The park offers a beautiful setting for the UFM monument, plus lots of families use the park for picnics and sporting activities. Attending today’s site visit included Mayor David Newton, City Manager Gary Luebbers, and Chamber of Commerce President Craig Dearing. UFM officials included Perry Van Schelt, Tony Galvez and Daniel Bolz.
3 July 2008 - Entry 18
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14 June 2008 - Entry 17
Over 200 motorcycle riders from across Utah gathered today to support the Utah Freedom Memorial by participating in the ‘Ticket To Ride’ motorcycle rally. The course for the rally began at Ft. Douglas, then went to the Miller Motorsports Park where the riders were allowed to speed around the 4.5 mile race track, paced by professional motorcycle racers. The rally then returned to Ft. Douglas for a big party, music, and drawings for thousands of dollars in donated gifts from 14 sponsoring companies. Prizes included big screen TV’s, i-Pods, and lots of leather motorcycle accessories. Wal-Mart provided free food at the party and also at the Miller Motorsports Park.
Sponsoring companies for the ‘Ticket To Ride’ rally were: Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, Coke, Pepsi, Big Valley Leather, Aspen Press, Mid-Valley Shoe & Leather, South Valley Motorsports, The EDGE Motorsports, The JAZZ, Rolling Thunder Motorcycles, Lock, Stock & Barrel Gun Works, Timpanogos Harley and Intermountain Harley.
All Utah TV stations covered the event, as well as several radio stations and newspapers. Over $8,000 was raised for the Utah Freedom Memorial.
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4 June 2008 - Entry 16
Today members of the Utah Freedom Memorial Executive Steering Committee met with Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Caroon. Mayor Caroon was joined by Nancy Workman, President of the Sandy City Chamber of Commerce and Dale Carpenter, Director of Economic Development for Salt Lake County.
Mayor Caroon was given a review of the eight venue sites the UFM is in the process of reviewing for the monument. This meeting specifically discussed the site next to the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy. A site visit is being planned for the location. Mayor Caroon expressed his complete support for the monument project and offered to write a letter of support.
Attending today’s meeting from the UFM committee included Michael Clara, Gen. Harrison, Perry Van Schelt, Paul Swenson and Daniel Bolz.
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31 May 2008 - Entry 15
Today, UFM leaders presented the monument project to General Cooke and his command staff at Ft. Douglas. The group viewed renderings of the monument and held a detailed discussion about a possible venue site at Ft. Douglas. Both Tony Galvez and Scott Trudo explained their vision for the monument and how each came up with the idea. Monument Arts design director, Perry Van Schelt, fielded questions regarding the design of the monument which includes 12 foot tall black granite panels and several bronze figures.
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23 May 2008 - Entry 14
Members of the Utah Freedom Memorial met with new Salt Lake City Mayor, Ralph Becker, to discuss various venue sites for the memorial. Officials from Salt Lake City included Mayor Becker, Karen Hale, Communications Director, Val Pope, SL Parks Division Director and Kevin Bergstrom, Deputy Director of Public Services. UFM officials attending today’s meeting included, Tony Galvez, Michael Clara, Daniel Bolz and Perry Van Schelt. Various venue sites were discussed including Memory Grove, the Salt Lake City Library property to the east of the library and Liberty Park. Speaking of the project, Mayor Becker said, “I support the Utah Freedom Memorial as a state memorial that will honor all our states military. My personal ‘favorite location’ would be Memory Grove.”
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5 May 2008 - Entry 13
Today the Utah Freedom Memorial Executive Steering Committee reviewed final design renderings for the memorial as presented by Perry Van Schelt of Monument Arts. A total of six panels were shown which highlighted various elevation views, overhead views and detailed views of the design. Mr. Van Schelt noted that once a venue site is secured, additional landscaping design work will be completed by Monument Arts affiliate David Wright of McNeil Aspen Consultants. The design for the Utah Freedom Memorial includes three main black granite panels which will depict the story of a young man from childhood to adulthood and military service. This story will be etched in the granite. Three smaller black granite panels will show a large map of the world with the location of all military wars highlighted. Several bronze figures grace the design. One scene called ‘the reunion’ depicts a soldier coming home and being greeted by his child and wife, who are running to him with open arms. Another bronze figure shows a teenager leaning against the etched story panel with his baseball bat in hand. Another bronze figure shows a female with outstretch hand touching a granite panel that has a soldier etched in it with his hand reaching outwards. The design footprint measures 40 feet in diameter.
The design was unanimously approved by the six person Executive Committee.
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16 April 2008 - Entry 12
• Today Utah Freedom Memorial leaders met with Carlton Christensen, District One Council Member, of the Salt Lake City Counci, and members of his staff. The meeting was an informative presentation which included detailed discussion of the various design concepts for the memorial, a review of the design objectives, possible locations, and funding status. Referring to the designs, Carlton said, “I love the human touch of the design renderings for this memorial.” Mr. Christensen suggested another possible location venue for the memorial could be the garden area east of the new Salt Lake City library. He also encouraged the UFM leaders to meet with Mayor Ralph Becker to apprise the mayor about the project.
Attending today’s meeting were; Carlton Christensen, Karen Halladay, a public policy analyst for Salt Lake City, Cindy Lou Trishman, assistant to Mr. Christensen, Tony Galvez, Michael Clara, Daniel Bolz and Perry Van Schelt.
