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THIS MEMORIAL FEATURES AN 18,000 LB GRANITE GLOBE FLOATING ON 1/8 INCH OF WATER. THE COUNTRIES ON THE GLOBE ARE AS THEY WERE DURING THE WAR. VISITORS MAY STOP THE GLOBE AND TURN IT WITH THEIR HANDS.

ON JULY 1, 1898 LT. RAY PLANTED THE UNITED STATES FLAG ON SAN JUAN HILL, CUBA, AMID A HAIL OF ENEMY BULLETS DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. FOR HIS HEROIC COURAGE IN ACTION RAY RECEIVED A BATTLEFIELD PROMOTION. HE SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY FROM 1872 TO 190 ...

TO ALL TENNESSEANS WHO DIED OF WOUND OR DISEASE RECEIVED OR CONTRACTED DURING THEIR SERVICE IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO.

VETERANS PLAZA CONTAINS MEMORIALS TO WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, KOREAN WAR, VIETNAM WAR AND DESERT STORM. IT HONORS VETERANS OF MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY WHO WERE KILLED DEFENDING THE FREEDOM OF THE UNITED STATES.

ONE OF THE GREAT HEROES OF WORLD WAR I.

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