New memorial planned for gay veterans at Washington cemetery

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By Josh Hicks
August 8
A new memorial is in the works for gay veterans, with the coordinating group announcing a final design for the project this week.

The memorial, which is planned for construction at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, will consist of three black granite panels standing 11 feet high and 5 feet wide, according to the National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Veteran’s Memorial Project.



Each of the panels will contain two of the service emblems for the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard and Merchant Marines. The pillars will stand in a triangle, allowing visitors to walk inside, where there will be a flag pole and inscriptions explaining the meaning of the memorial.

The National LGBT Veterans Memorial Project purchased a site for the structures close to the grave of Leonard Matlovich, who came out as gay on the cover of Time magazine in 1975. His disclosure led to a discharge from the Air Force and a struggle for inclusion of homosexuals in the armed forces.

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1. Beautiful

Not to be a party-pooper, but I can imagine the fundamentalists freaking out over this.

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2. I don't care about the haters

And I want to see something like this on the National Mall and Arlington, someday.