Ft. Hard Knox − Women’s War Memorial

Women’s War Memorial

Posted December 15th, 2007 by Jenn Sierra

On December 7th (Pearl Harbor Day) this year, a monument was dedicated in Broken Arrow (OK) Veteran’s Park, memorializing the women of the United States who have served their country. The memorial began as the dream of Jene Pointer, President of the VFW Post 10887 Broken Arrow Ladies Auxiliary, and eventually, her husband, Ralph Pointer, Commander, inspired by a documentary on Women Air Force Service Pilots (W.A.S.P.’s) during WWII.

That dream of a small monument in Veteran’s Park in Broken Arrow, OK, soon took on a life of it’s own, and grew into a beautiful 11′ by 33′ black granite monument sitting between a reflecting pond, and a lighted fountain, with flags waiving above.

Eleven polished black granite tablets are etched with the photographs and descriptions of women who served their country overseas and at home during the Revolutionary, Civil, and Spanish American Wars, WWI, WWII, Vietnam, Korea, Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The center tablet is inscribed with the following:

TO THE WOMEN WARRIORS OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND THOSE
NOW SERVING, WITH PRIDE AND
HONOR IN THE MILITARY OF THE USA,
AND
THOSE COURAGEOUS WOMEN AT
HOME WHO SUPPORTED THE WAR
EFFORT BY TAKING CARE OF
FAMILY AND FILLING THE JOBS
LEFT VACANT BY THE DEMANDS
OF WAR. WOMEN BECAME FACTORY
WORKERS, FARMERS, BUILDERS, MECHANICS
AND DID WHATEVER WAS NECESSARY
IN THE QUEST FOR PEACE.
LITTLE DID THEY KNOW THEIR
EFFORTS WOULD LEAVE AN EVERLASTING
MARK ON AMERICAN SOCIETY AND
THE WORLD.
THANK YOU AND
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.