7. LVHG undeveloped site * Plaza AreaLVHG undeveloped site * Plaza Area
from North by Doan Brook on rightfrom North by Doan Brook on right
8. Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor Garden
Main PlazaMain Plaza –– World GlobeWorld Globe
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9. Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor Garden
Concept FeaturesConcept Features –– Main PlazaMain Plaza
Main plaza with the globe of the worldMain plaza with the globe of the world
showing all countries recognized by theshowing all countries recognized by the
world community as existing as of 2010.world community as existing as of 2010.
There will be no country names hereThere will be no country names here
and designed in such a way that if theand designed in such a way that if the
world changes with the worldworld changes with the world
community acknowledgement, therecommunity acknowledgement, there
might be an opportunity to alter themight be an opportunity to alter the
shapes and recognize any new countryshapes and recognize any new country
11. Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor Garden
Concept FeaturesConcept Features –– Centuries of ServiceCenturies of Service
Four century (18th, 19th, 20th and 21st)Four century (18th, 19th, 20th and 21st)
timeline monuments honoring thosetimeline monuments honoring those
who gave their lives and those whowho gave their lives and those who
served. Their design will be based on aserved. Their design will be based on a
competition that pairs up a sculptor withcompetition that pairs up a sculptor with
a historian. Triangles only demarka historian. Triangles only demark
location and not shape of artworklocation and not shape of artwork
12. Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor Garden
Central Feature AreaCentral Feature Area
13. Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor Garden
Central FeatureCentral Feature
Five Eagles representing Freedom and theFive Eagles representing Freedom and the
five military branches that deliver it with dovesfive military branches that deliver it with doves
following, representing the opportunity forfollowing, representing the opportunity for
peace offeredpeace offered
Included is a water feature with a prominentIncluded is a water feature with a prominent
hands sculpturehands sculpture depicting the nation's andthe nation's and
citizens' gratitude, offering of care, link to thecitizens' gratitude, offering of care, link to the
heavens, and receiving the gifts ofheavens, and receiving the gifts of
life, friendship, freedom, and peacelife, friendship, freedom, and peace
14. Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor Garden
Friendship & Gratitude WalkFriendship & Gratitude Walk
15. Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor Garden
Concept FeaturesConcept Features
Friendship & Gratitude WalkFriendship & Gratitude Walk
Invite all countries of the world throughInvite all countries of the world through
the United Nations to send in nativethe United Nations to send in native
stone forstone for paverspavers, on which will be, on which will be
engraved the shape of the country andengraved the shape of the country and
its English language, internationallyits English language, internationally
recognized name as well as its nativerecognized name as well as its native
language namelanguage name
16. Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor Garden
Honor allies who fought beside us on our soilHonor allies who fought beside us on our soil
17. Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor Garden
-- Friendship/Gratitude WalkFriendship/Gratitude Walk –– Special Feature 1Special Feature 1 ––
Honor allies who fought beside us on our soilHonor allies who fought beside us on our soil
Monument to honor our allies whoMonument to honor our allies who
fought beside us on our soil during ourfought beside us on our soil during our
Revolutionary War. The design will beRevolutionary War. The design will be
based on a competition that pairs up abased on a competition that pairs up a
sculptor with historiansculptor with historian
18. Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor Garden
Honor allies who fought beside us throughout the worldHonor allies who fought beside us throughout the world
19. Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor Garden
-- Friendship/Gratitude WalkFriendship/Gratitude Walk –– Special Feature 2Special Feature 2 ––
Honor allies who fought beside us throughout the worldHonor allies who fought beside us throughout the world
Timeline monument to honor our alliesTimeline monument to honor our allies
throughout the history of our country,throughout the history of our country,
beyond the Revolution, who fought besidebeyond the Revolution, who fought beside
us throughout the world. The design will beus throughout the world. The design will be
based on a competition that pairs up abased on a competition that pairs up a
sculptor with a historiansculptor with a historian
20. Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor Garden
Art gifts of friendship and gratitude from other nationsArt gifts of friendship and gratitude from other nations
21. Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor Garden
-- Friendship/Gratitude WalkFriendship/Gratitude Walk –– Special Feature 3Special Feature 3 ––
Art gifts of friendship and/or gratitude from other nationsArt gifts of friendship and/or gratitude from other nations
Multiple locations for individual art expressionsMultiple locations for individual art expressions
of friendship and/or gratitude from otherof friendship and/or gratitude from other
nations. First committed with a donation fornations. First committed with a donation for
installation, first placed. Additional locationsinstallation, first placed. Additional locations
added as needed. All proposed art work willadded as needed. All proposed art work will
have to be approved by the Liberty Veteranshave to be approved by the Liberty Veterans
Honor Garden Committee, then The ClevelandHonor Garden Committee, then The Cleveland
Cultural Gardens Federation and finally by theCultural Gardens Federation and finally by the
City of ClevelandCity of Cleveland
22. Liberty Veterans Honor GardenLiberty Veterans Honor Garden
Concept FeaturesConcept Features -- EducationalEducational
The globe and theThe globe and the paverspavers will serve as anwill serve as an
educational tool for child and adult alike toeducational tool for child and adult alike to
learn about the countries of the world and theirlearn about the countries of the world and their
geographic relationship. They will be able togeographic relationship. They will be able to
trace the shape and name of the country fromtrace the shape and name of the country from
thethe paverspavers in the Friendship and Gratitudein the Friendship and Gratitude
Walk and then go to the plaza and try to findWalk and then go to the plaza and try to find
the matching shape in the World Globe. It willthe matching shape in the World Globe. It will
be possible to incorporate a culture/historybe possible to incorporate a culture/history
lesson with this geography exercise and with alesson with this geography exercise and with a
visit to other Cultural Gardens and Museums.visit to other Cultural Gardens and Museums.
