"On May 8, 1945 - known as Victory in Europe Day or V-E Day - celebrations erupted around the world to mark the end of World War II in Europe. "The war had been raging for almost five years when U.S. and Allied forces landed on...
By presidential proclamation, March 29 is designated as the annual observance of Vietnam Veterans Day. At 12:15 March 29, 2021 under sunny skies but braving very strong winds (even for Kansas), a crowd of about 70 people gathered at WVMP for a ceremony honoring American military personnel...
On a cool and rainy Saturday morning, two young recruits were sworn in by Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple and CPT Aydelotte and SSG Sotelo-Spence of the local US Army Recruiting Command. Though the morning dawned with showers and thunderstorms, the weather cooperated and the storms...
The town of Milan, Kansas donated a beautiful 32" diameter (at the base) bell to Wichita Veterans Memorial Park. The concrete base that held the Park's current bell needed to be expanded to hold the larger Milan bell. The bell had hung in the belltower of...
A brief gathering at WVMP included the playing of "Taps"* at 11am sharp** followed by those in attendance saying the Pledge of Allegiance and speakers presenting briefly on the end of WW-I*** and onTet Offensive of 1968 during the Vietnam War. *"Taps" This easily recognized emotive and...
The Tolling of the Boats ceremony honors and remembers all lost submarines and submarine sailors of the United States Navy. The ceremony was initiated by the United States Submarine Veterans of World War II to remember their lost friends and shipmates lost during World War...
A short commemoration service was held in WVMP to mark V-J Day (also known as Victory over Japan Day). This is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered ending World War II, A memorial wreath was laid at the Park's World War Two Memorial followed by the...
"This armistice signed on July 27, 1953, formally ended the war in Korea. North and South Korea remain separate and occupy almost the same territory they had when the war began. The Korean War, which began on June 25, 1950, when the North Koreans invaded South...
A ceremony held at the American Revolution Memorial to commemorate the 244th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence announced to the world that the American Colonies were breaking with England....
A 32"-inch dia. (base) bell that hung in the Milan, KS Baptist Church from 1892-1962 was donated by the good citizens of Milan to the WVMP. This gallery shows its removal from the Milan, KS city park and put into storage until a permanent mount can...