‘REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN’
Traveling Photo Memorial of Nebraska’s Fallen on Display
“We must remember these American Heroes and speak their names when we see their family members. We can never forget those who sacrificed everything for our freedom,” said Bill Williams, co-creator of the memorial. “While this memorial is about those who have died, it was created for the living…to help the families in their grief, while reminding the rest of us of the terrible price paid for our freedom by our current generation of military.”
A very emotional memorial, “Remembering Our Fallen,” is a stark reminder of the ultimate sacrifice made by Nebraskans killed in The War on Terror while wearing our country’s uniform in a war zone. The photo memorial, which includes military and personal photos of each of Nebraska’s Fallen, is traveling throughout the state and will be coming to Ponca, Nebraska.
The financial sponsor of the memorial is Bellevue University, a private, non-profit University in Bellevue, Nebraska. Founded in 1966, it has been a military-friendly school for 45 years. Bellevue University was an early adopter of distance learning and is now a leader in online education with students in every state and 55 foreign countries, including Afghanistan and Iraq. More information can be found at: Bellevue.edu.
This memorial and 18 other state memorials representing 60% of our country’s Fallen since 9/11/01, have been created by Patriotic Productions, a non-profit organization headquartered in Omaha. The goal is to complete a national traveling memorial that will include all of our country’s Fallen from The War on Terror. More information at: RememberingOurFallen.org or PatrioticProductions.org.
The public will be able to view the Remembering the Fallen display at Ponca Public School from Tuesday, May 15 through Tuesday, May 22, from 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM during the school week. Visitors will need to enter through Door #1 at Ponca School (505 3rd Street, Ponca, NE) and will be asked to sign in and sign out when they enter and leave the school. The pictorial display will be located in the Commons area.
There is no admissions charge as this display showing was made available from the donations to Patriotic Productions from Ponca’s Veterans Day Program held at the school this past November.