One piece of a hoped-for Veterans Memorial Park in Henderson is an Avenue of Heroes featuring statues of the Medal of Honor recipients from Henderson, Luther Skaggs and Gary Littrell, as well as the Husband Kimmel statue currently located at the fountains on Water Street.
This was one feature of a proposed Veterans Memorial Park that organizers presented to the Henderson City Commission Tuesday. Those a part of Henderson’s Veterans Memorial Foundation hope the park can be built on the land where Henderson Municipal Power & Light’s Station One once sat across from the future Rhythm River Distillery on Water Street.
Its plans call for it to be divided in pods associated with past military conflicts, such as World War I, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War and conflicts in the Middle East. The pods are planned to be situated at the edge of the park closest to the Ohio River…