Veteran's Memorial Walk
Veterans’ Memorial Walk Stretching along a panoramic hillside in beautiful Elings Park, between the vitality of the sports fields below and the serene picnic grounds above, the Veterans Memorial is poignant and lyrical in design. It evokes awareness in us of the tremendous sacrifices made for the many by the few.
The Memorial Walk is a 1500-foot, tree-lined, landscaped walkway along which lie ten large marble and sandstone year-markers, beginning with 1962. Each marker is engraved with the names of the soldiers who gave their lives that year in Vietnam. At the last marker, 1973, the walkway continues on to the Terrace of Remembrance, where the names of the rest of the servicemen and women who lost their lives in other wars are displayed around a large stainless steel world globe. A total of 463 Santa Barbara County soldiers lost their lives while serving in the following conflicts: Lebanon, 1; Vietnam, 98; Korea, 34; Second World War, 258; First World War, 69; Spanish-American War, 1; Civil War, 2.
The Memorial Walk is a 1500-foot, tree-lined, landscaped walkway along which lie ten large marble and sandstone year-markers, beginning with 1962. Each marker is engraved with the names of the soldiers who gave their lives that year in Vietnam. At the last marker, 1973, the walkway continues on to the Terrace of Remembrance, where the names of the rest of the servicemen and women who lost their lives in other wars are displayed around a large stainless steel world globe. A total of 463 Santa Barbara County soldiers lost their lives while serving in the following conflicts: Lebanon, 1; Vietnam, 98; Korea, 34; Second World War, 258; First World War, 69; Spanish-American War, 1; Civil War, 2.