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Guilford County Veterans Memorial readies rededication as renovations add interactive kiosks and a Vietnam‑era Huey
Summary
Board leaders say the memorial at Country Park will keep its rotunda and granite obelisk while adding touchscreen kiosks, a Vietnam‑era Huey on a pedestal and expanded storytelling; brick purchases ($250) fund nonprofit operations and a rededication is planned for September.
Rosemary Plyben, host of Gate City Insider, spoke with Susan Danielson, chair of the Guilford County Veterans Memorial Board, and Brian Sowers, the board’s vice chair, about renovation work at the memorial in Country Park and plans to expand how visitors experience the site.
Danielson said the memorial — dedicated in September 2002 and containing more than 1,200 personalized brick pavers — is being refurbished but that its central elements will remain. “That rotunda and that obelisk will remain,” Danielson said, adding that the board hopes to hold a rededication this coming September.
Why it matters: the memorial serves as a local, tangible record of service across multiple eras. Danielson noted that the bricks represent veterans…
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