10/08/2022
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
The Silent Battle Committee personally invites you to the Silent Battle Groundbreaking Ceremony on Sunday, October 09, 2022, at 2:00pm located at Gold Star Park of Marietta, Ohio! Please consider joining us as we continue this powerful journey of becoming one of the nations first, Veteran PTSD and Su***de Memorial Monuments;
What: Silent Battle Groundbreaking Ceremony
When: Sunday, October 09, 2022, at 2:00pm
Where: Gold Star Park, 801 Lancaster Street, Marietta, Ohio 45750
Why: To break ground to establish Silent Battle, a Veteran PTSD and Su***de Awareness Memorial Monument with the goal of continuing the legacy of Gold Star Park's ability to encourage mindfulness and healing with the existing Marietta, Ohio Gold Star Families Memorial Monument and the Battlefield Cross Memorial Monument.
Silent Battle will be an immersive experience to all those who visit to lay hands upon, to speak to, to share a moment that otherwise one may not have. No judgement, no stigma, just acceptance and encouragement that you are worth it, your story is not finished, and you are loved.
Silent Battle is a life size bronze statue who is fighting the silent battle within. His face and body captures the fight, the struggle, and the terror within. We share our love, our respect, and our message that we are stronger together, that our tomorrow means more than our today, for it bornes opportunity; as our story shall continue...
The Silent Battle Memorial Monument paying tribute to those suffering from PTSD will break ground on Oct 9th in Marietta's Gold Star Park. The monument will be one of ten placed around the country.
