"THREE SOLDIERS" REPLICA TO BE ERECTED IN HARRIMAN'S RIVERFRONT PARK

I don’t normally go to Harriman’s City Council meetings, since I live in the county, but tonight a special presentation was scheduled that is dear to my heart.

David Webb, owner of the Rocky Top General Store, and for whom Harriman’s city park is named, along with Cliff Cole and Gary Todd, of the Harriman American Legion, informed the Harriman City Council Tuesday night of their plans to erect a full size replica of “The Three Soldiers” memorial in the “David Webb Riverfront Park”, as a tribute to Roane County Vietnam veterans.

The memorial, believed to be the only “full size” replica in the state, if not anywhere outside Washington D.C., will be placed in the park’s war memorial area near the present fountain. Long term plans are to place other memorials from America’s other wars in this area as money and support comes along.

The cost of the replica is thought to be between $12 and $14,000. The group did not ask the city for funding, but announced that funds for the monument would come from private donations and fund raising.

Anyone wanting to donate to the memorial can send a check to:

Riverfront Park
P.O. Box 1006
Harriman, TN. 37748