Newsletter of the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University
The grounds of a new courthouse in Rockwall County, Texas, will be adorned with a veterans memorial designed by a former graduate student at Texas A&M.
A jury chose "Symbolic Journey," a design by Dan Fletcher, who earned a Master of Architecture degree. The memorial's centerpiece is a wall of polished stone inscribed with an excerpt from a letter by Abraham Lincoln.
“This design is extremely, extremely powerful,” said Robert Smith, a retired real admiral in the U.S. Navy and member of the design jury. “It really captures the warrior’s spirit of all these veterans. And that’s important.”
In his entry, Fletcher wrote the memorial represents the loss of those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in the name of freedom.
“Each visitor embarks on a journey whose destination is a space for contemplation, remembrance and reflection upon the lives given in the service of duty, honor and country,” he wrote.
In an article in the Rockwall Herald Banner, Jim Hardin wrote that Rockwall County commissioners will meet with Fletcher to work out refinements and specifics of the design.
Rockwall County is located 25 miles northeast of Dallas.
To see Hardin's story on Fletcher's winning design, visit http://rockwallheraldbanner.com.
- Posted: March 03, 2010 -
