[click image to enlarge] Dedicated in 1987, the Clock Tower is an 85 foot high structure of brick and granite with a gold leaf cupola and a working clock. The base of the tower is 16 feet by 16 feet and is dedicated to the memory of Quincy men who died from wounds suffered during the war in Vietnam. The names are inscribed in granite at the base of the tower.
Below is a close up of the base of the tower.
Quincy (Kwin' zee), Massachusetts, City of Presidents and Birthplace of the American Dream
Friday, November 16, 2007
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Clock Tower
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3 comments:
Love the perspective. The buildings and the tower complement each other so nicely.
Super photo.
Your series of photographs of memorials is impressive. Thanks for posting all of them.
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