Veteran's Memorial Park
"New" Sam Hood Field will be located on the site of the demolished Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse at 2601 5th Avenue, 4 blocks from the main campus. It is replacing "old" Sam Hood Field, the site of the Academic and Athletic Center. It is a soccer stadium, scheduled to be completed in 2013.
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Famous quotes containing the words veteran, memorial and/or park:
“At Hayes’ General Store, west of the cemetery, hangs an old army rifle, used by a discouraged Civil War veteran to end his earthly troubles. The grocer took the rifle as payment ‘on account.’”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“When I received this [coronation] ring I solemnly bound myself in marriage to the realm; and it will be quite sufficient for the memorial of my name and for my glory, if, when I die, an inscription be engraved on a marble tomb, saying, “Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, and died a virgin.””
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
“Is a park any better than a coal mine? What’s a mountain got that a slag pile hasn’t? What would you rather have in your garden—an almond tree or an oil well?”
—Jean Giraudoux (1882–1944)