The Ohio Korean War Memorial
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During the summer of 1990, Dodds President Eric Fogarty was approached to design a Korean War Memorial for the eight county area of the Miami conservancy District. Approximately $100.00 was all the committee had in the bank. Eric accepted the challenge.
Over the next
five years, several designs were considered. In 1993, the committee met
several
times in Columbus and testified before the state senate and house concerning the
memorial. Eric also attended and presented the technical testimony as to
the design. That same year, Dayton was voted as the official site of the
State of Ohio Korean War Memorial. The project had grown immensely and
Eric became the general contractor. Construction began during the
spring of 1995, and the dedication ceremony was held in September that same
year.
The memorial
park is located just across the bridge from downtown Dayton on Riverside Drive 
at
Temple Israel. The memorial park takes up several acres and starts with a
475 foot "All
Veteran's Memorial Walkway", which lists all of the 8,182 missing in
action in the Korean War. The walkway ends at the "Ohio Korean War
Memorial" which features a 13 foot tall granite sculpture of a soldier from
the Korean War era. A few steps away, engraved in granite are the over
3,000 Ohioans killed in Korea.
All of the granite pieces and
paver bricks passed through Dodds main plant in Xenia for engraving and
artwork. Everyone at Dodds is proud to have been involved in such a
significant manner for such a worthwhile project.
This is a "must see" while in Dayton.
(Eric and Becky at Dedication Ceremony, Sept. 1995)