The East Tennessee Veterans Memorial project consists of two separate, but equal components, the outdoor Veteran’s Memorial and the enclosed Veterans History Center (VHC).  

Goals:  To remember, honor, educate and inspire.

The Memorial: The physical Memorial will be a magnificent formation of 32 granite monuments bearing the inscribed names of more than 6000 veterans from 35 East Tennessee counties who have died in military service since the beginning of World War I. Names will be listed by conflict and by county within those conflicts.   

The 14 Medal of Honor winners from East Tennessee will also be inscribed and honored. The Memorial will be on a grassy plot at the northern end of Knoxville’s World's Fair Park.  Other features are a plaza entrance with a 50-foot flag pole and a 27-foot high bell tower.

Veterans History Center:  This facility will be developed adjacent to the Memorial in a historic building next to the historic L&N Railroad Station, to chronicle the lives and service of those who died, those who lived, and those who now serve and will serve in the future. Every East Tennessee veteran will be entitled to an electronic file in the Center.

Dog tags will be issued to visitors bearing the name of one of the fallen veterans. A visitor may then view on screen (individual computer or theater) the photograph and story of that hero. The center will include a theater and film about the contributions of  East Tennessee veterans, meeting and conference facilities, permanent exhibits in the nature of a museum and space for rotating exhibits.

Project Cost:  Total estimated cost of the East Tennessee Veterans Memorial project is $4.7 million -- $2.2 million for the physical Memorial and $2.5 million for the Veterans History Center, including an endowment of $1 million..

Funding Sources:  Knox County Commission has appropriated $1.25 million and Congress approved $475,000.  The City of Knoxville has provided the land.  A state of Tennessee appropriation of $500,000 was recently approved. The balance will come from a  private fund drive now under way.

Geography:  The 35 counties included in the East Tennessee Veterans Memorial project are Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne, Carter, Cocke, Cumberland, Fentress, Grainger, Greene, Hancock, Hamilton, Hamblen, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Sullivan , Unicoi, Union and Washington.

HOW YOU CAN HELP...
Please join us today with your contribution of your talents, funds, and your support, so that we may permanently honor those who made the supreme sacrifice for our freedoms.


FOUNDER
J. William Felton III


EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Kimberly Lauth

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mike Crawford, President
Robert Murrian, Vice President
Wes Stowers, Vice President
Don Lawhorn, Treasurer
John Romeiser, Secretary
Frank Akers
Joe Bailey
Tim Eichhorn
Fred Forster
Jennifer Holder
Don Lawhorn
Mike Miller
Robert Minter
Robert A. Tiebout
Randy Tyree
Susan D. Ward