Korean War Veterans Memorial (Jersey City)
The memorial is based on the winning design of a competition initiated by the Stevens Institute of Technology’s Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering. It was crafted from imported Indian black granite. Within the center of the monument is a sculpture of two soldiers, an injured man being supported by a comrade, and three obelisks supporting flagstaffs inscribed with the 126 names of soldiers from Hudson County killed in the war. They are surrounded by two semi-circular walls with eighteen engraved depictions of the war.
The original project cost about $500,000 and was funded by donations by various groups and collection efforts by the Hudson County veterans, with about $300,000 from Jersey City corporations. The City of Jersey City donated about $70,000 and the City of Bayonne about $10,000. Local unions and contractors donated the rest in material and labor.
The memorial had been vandalized in 2014 but was restored and completed in 2015 with a funds donated by the city and a contribution of $100,000 from the city of Uijeongbu in Korea.
See also
- List of public art in Jersey City, New Jersey
- List of Korean War memorials
- New Jersey Korean War Veterans Memorial
References
- ^ "Korean War Memorial Hudson County - Jersey City - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com.
- ^ "Jersey City, NJ - United States".
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- ^ "Korean War Veterans Memorial". www.journeythroughjersey.com.
- ^ "Hudson County Korean War Memorial - Jersey City, New Jersey, USA - Korean War Memorials on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com.
- ^ Speiser, Matthew (October 2, 2014). "Korean War veterans saddened, angered by recent vandalism at Jersey City memorial". Jersey Journal.
- ^ Panico, Rebecca (July 27, 2015). "Jersey City Korean War monument repaired thanks to $100K donation from South Korea". Jersey Journal.
- ^ Panico, Rebecca (28 July 2015). "South Korea's $100K donation helps repair Jersey City's Korean War monument". Jersey Journal.