Administered by United States Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20420
Located Massachusetts National Cemetery Connery Avenue Bourne Massachusetts 02532
Date:
Dedicated Nov. 8, 1998
Notes:
National Cemetery Administration Memorials Inventory Project, 2002-2005.
(On front of pillar:) MIA / POW / MEMORIAL (On base of pillar, front:) TO BURN ALWAYS WITH THIS HARD, GEMLIKE FLAME TO GUIDE THEM HOME. BUT THEY MUST REST IN HONOR AMONG OTHER HEROES OF OUR NATION. (On east side:) YOU GIVE BUT LITTLE WHEN YOU GIVE OF YOUR POSSESSIONS. IT IS WHEN YOU GIVE OF YOURSELF THAT YOU TRULY GIVE. AND THERE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE LITTLE AND GIVE IT ALL. (On west side:) OH! CALL MY COMRADES BACK TO ME. I CAN NOT STAND ALONE. THE YEARS COME WITH HOPE AND PRAYER. WHERE HAVE MY COMRADES GON? "BRING THEM HOME." (On south side:) UNLESS JUSTICE BE DONE FOR OUR MIA'S AND POW'S IT WILL NOT BE DONE FOR US.
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Summary:
An eternal flame constructed with a round black granite pillar topped by a computer generated flame made of sixty-four fiber optic cables that give the appearance of a flickering flame.
