Faces of War
Faces of War is a historic site in Georgia, at a modelled elevation of 329 m. Sawnee Mountain stands 593 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Canton Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Faces of War Memorial is a Vietnam War memorial located in Roswell, Georgia, in the United States. It is located on the grounds of Roswell City Hall and was dedicated on Memorial Day on May 29, 1995. The monument has a height of 14 ft (4.3 m) and a width of 20 ft (6.1 m). The monument is made of brick enclosing a sculpted bronze centerpiece topped with a capstone made of Georgia marble. The bronze-cast centerpiece depicts a soldier reaching for the outstretched hand of a small girl, surrounded by background of fifty faces, all variously displaying a range of emotions. A thin cascade of water flows over the faces from the top of the monument. A Memorial Day ceremony is held annually at the Faces of War Memorial which began in 1998, though it was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Roswell's annual Memorial Day ceremony is the largest Memorial Day event in the state of Georgia. The monument was designed by local architect Zachary Henderson, and the bronze-cast centerpiece of the monument was sculpted by local husband-and-wife sculptors Don Haugen and Teena Stern.
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Dates from 1995.
Wikidata Q5428518, matched on coordinates and name (17 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Canton Park: 0.1 mi
- Sloan Street Park: 0.5 mi
- Sloan Street Park: 0.5 mi
- Roswell Square Park: 0.5 mi
- City Square Park: 0.5 mi
- Smith Plantation: 0.1 mi
- Teaching Museum North: 0.2 mi
- Mimosa Hall: 0.5 mi
- Mimms Museum of Technology and Art: 1.6 mi
- Discover Science Center: 4.3 mi
- Roswell Historic Square: 0.5 mi
- Power-Jackson Cabin: 3.0 mi
- Sewell Mill: 5.9 mi
- Marietta Paper Mills: 7.2 mi
- Marietta Paper Mill Ruins: 7.2 mi
- Garden Plots: 1.9 mi
- Crossroads Community Garden at Chestnut Ridge: 4.1 mi
- Mountain Park Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- LCR Promise Garden: 6.0 mi
- Summit Gardens: 7.5 mi
- Children Climbing Palisades: 5.0 mi
- Liquid Sunshine: 5.1 mi
- Anchor: 8.8 mi
- Mother Mary: 9.1 mi
- Frog: 10.0 mi
- Roswell Mill: 0.7 mi
- Warsaw Church: 7.4 mi
- old 1-cylinder engine: 9.8 mi
- Bell: 10.2 mi
- Sweet Eloise: 10.8 mi
- Sweat Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Blackjack Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Kennesaw Mountain: 12.9 mi
- Little Kennesaw Mountain: 13.4 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 13.7 mi
- Lynne & Charlie D'Huyvetter Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Clyde Shepherd Nature Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Friendship Forest Nature Preserve\: 16.0 mi
- Woodlands Garden: 16.7 mi
- Lullwater Conservation Garden: 16.9 mi
- East Cobb Park pavilion: 6.1 mi
- Mead Road Park: 18.1 mi
- Dat Fire Jerk Chicken Up Top Lounge: 19.1 mi
- Studdard Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 21.3 mi
- Aarlington Beach: 7.2 mi
- BM Fort: 15.8 mi
- Bridgemill PuttPutt: 15.8 mi
- Bridgemill Beach: 15.8 mi
- Upper Tanyard Creek Swimming Beach: 19.4 mi
- Vickery Creek Falls: 0.7 mi
- Water Wheel: 10.1 mi
- Allatoona Falls: 12.8 mi
- Allatoona: 20.9 mi
- Constitution: 23.1 mi
- McDaniels Bluff: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Faces of War. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawnee Mountain | NE 38° | 593 m | 18.7 mi |
| Kennesaw Mountain | WSW 256° | 543 m | 12.9 mi |
| Stone Mountain | SE 140° | 514 m | 19.4 mi |
| Sweat Mountain | WNW 300° | 500 m | 6.2 mi |
| Little Kennesaw Mountain | WSW 255° | 488 m | 13.4 mi |
| Hickory Log Mountain | NNW 336° | 471 m | 19.8 mi |
| Lost Mountain | WSW 255° | 462 m | 20.0 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WNW 296° | 461 m | 24.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:27 | 20:16 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:54 | 17:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlanta Dekalb Peachtree AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12062024004
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