Veterans Memorial Park in Wichita honors 3 Kansas recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor -- all of them in the Kansas Korean War Memorial. They are (1) USMC Corporal Jack A. Davenport from Mission, Kansas, (2) SFC Stanley T. Adams from Olathe, Kansas, (3)...
Veterans Day was commemorated at Wichita's Veterans Memorial Park on November 11th, 2023. The featured speaker was Army and Air Force Veteran Greg Zuercher of the Bleckley Foundation. Buglers played Taps and the National Anthem, as well as Amazing Grace. The Honor Guard was from...
On Saturday, August 5th 2023, members of the Joseph Plumb Martin Society of the Children of the American Revolution cleaned many of the monuments in Veterans Memorial Park. Under the guidance of our newest Board Member Debby Potter, these young citizens learned a little bit...
On June 6th, 2023, the 79th anniversary of the WWII D-Day invasion was commemorated at Veterans Memorial Park. A small group gathered to hear the National Anthem and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. There was an invocation, short address on the significance of the day...
On May 29th, 2023, Veterans Memorial Park - Wichita hosted a Memorial Day Commemoration at the Park's Flag Pavilion. The event featured a rifle salute by the Marine Corps League, a bugler playing the National Anthem and Taps, as well as a guest speaker -...
Known as “Victory over Japan Day,” or simply “VJ Day,” the term is used to refer to September 2, 1945. On that date, the Empire of Japan’s formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay. This ceremony formally ended World War...
The Korean Armistice Agreement brought to an end over three years of tremendous fighting against communist expansionism and tyranny on the Korean Peninsula. WVMP honored the the 23,600 Americans who were killed in action and the more than 103,000 who were wounded in the Korean...
On July 2nd, 1776, the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence, and two days later (July 4) delegates from the 13 colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence, This ceremony commemorates America’s birthday will occur at the Park’s American Revolutionary War Memorial across from the...
On a partly cloudy day with winds 28 mph gusting to 40mph(!)Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) was observed in WVMP on the last Monday of May, 2022. A good-sized crowd made their way down the flag-lined entry sidewalk to gather in front of...
The 2021 Wreaths Across America kicked off in Wichita, Kansas with an 11 a.m . ceremony occurring simultaneously with other WAA ceremonies around the country. This local ceremony was centered on the Park’s Flag Pavilion and included: Flag-lined entry sidewalk to the Park’s Flag Pavilion Introduction...