Reserve Your Place in Lighthouse Point History
OUR GOAL was to build a memorial to honor of all of the individuals who have served in our nation’s armed forces in times of war and peace, as well as our city’s first responders. We want to ensure that the brave men and women who have served and sacrificed for our country and community will always be remembered in Lighthouse Point. Inspired by United States Marine Dale Sloan Wilkinson, the only Lighthouse Point resident ever to have been killed in combat, the memorial began as an Eagle Scout project for 15-year old Ryan Kolb from Troop 238 in Lighthouse Point. It grew into a joint effort between the City of Lighthouse Point, The Exchange Club of Pompano Beach, St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, the Archdiocese of Miami, and Gallo Herbert Architects. Ryan’s original sketch was incorporated into the final construction design of the memorial.
LOCATED in the northwest corner of Frank McDonough Park, the memorial consists of a 30-foot, circular base with decorative inlaid concrete in the shape of a compass rose. At the center of the compass, a 30-foot flagpole with a yardarm
proudly displays three flags, for country, state and city. Around the base, seven curved stone benches face the center, each inlaid with a brass emblem from five branches of the military and the Lighthouse Point fire rescue and police departments.
MEMORIAL BRICKS will continue to be available for sale to honor members of the military, fire rescue and police departments within the center of the memorial, and bricks with personal dedications are available in the walkway that leads to the circle.
Please download the pdf order form on this page and mail with your payment to:
The Exchange Club of Pompano Beach Charitable Foundation
P.O. Box 672
Pompano Beach, FL 33061
Checks should be payable to The Exchange Club of Pompano Beach Charitable Foundation.
8"x8" bricks with logo are available for military dedications only. The cost is $200, and offers up to 4 lines of text (including Name, Rank/Branch, Dates of Service) and 20 characters per line. The logo for the appropriate branch of the military will be engraved under the text.
8"x8" bricks without logo are available for military dedications as well. The cost is $200, and offers up to 6 lines of text (including Name, Rank/Branch, Dates of Service) and 20 characters per line.
4”x8” bricks with logo are available for $100 each. These may include members of the Lighthouse Point fire rescue or Lighthouse Point police departments, with 3 lines of text, 12 characters per line, and the appropriate logo engraved on the brick.
4"x8" bricks without logo for personal inscriptions are available for $100 each in the pathway leading to the memorial. Your purchase can honor any person, family, church, club or veteran's group, as long as it is not "advertising" These bricks will include 3 lines of text, 20 characters per line.
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