Highlights | RRVVM KIOSK

1. All US Veterans or families can purchase a paver no matter where you live.

2. All service flags are flown 24/7 365 days a year.

3. A donation box near the entrance helps pay for the electricity and maintenance.

4. At the entrance is a Blue Star Memorial that was presented by Paris Council of Garden Clubs.

5. There are 96 Specialty Pavers that organizations & companies honor our veterans.

6. A Visitor Kiosk is available just inside the entrance to help find the location of a paver or bench for a friend or family member. A Guest Book is available to let us know who and where you are from.

7. Biographies are also linked to the veteran name. Info can be uploaded at https://www.rrvvm.org/biography

8. There are over 2,450 granite veteran pavers installed. This are 1’ x 2’ solid granite.

9. There are 48 granite family benches installed. The solid black bench also has a 2’ x 4’ gray granite paver to list family names or close friends and when or where they served.

10. There are 15 ornamental tree pavers installed. These include a tapered granite 2’ x 4’ gray paver with a crepe myrtle tree behind the paver.

11. There are 484 names on the 12 Ring of Honor walls which are those service members that were killed in a conflict or war from one of the 5 counties in Texas, Lamar, Red River, Delta, Fannin or Choctaw county in Oklahoma. The counties a shown on the floor of the ROH at the tip of each point on the star.

12. We have 12 Conflict Walls with images depicting the war and information about the conflict.

13. There are 2 monuments shown in bronze that honor Gold Star Families and Dog Handlers.

14. All lighting is commercial grade LED.

15. All grass and plants are irrigated using drip irrigation to conserve on water consumption. No pop-up sprinklers.

16. There are 13 high resolution security cameras recording live video 24/7.

17. This memorial museum has been built using public donations and zero government funds.

18. The memorial museum is a 501(C)(3) Non-Profit organization, with all donations tax deductible to limits of the IRS.

The Red River Valley Veterans Memorial Museum is a place for reflection, remembrance and gratitude. It is our hope that this will also be a place to educate present and future generations of the sacrifice made by a member of their own family and their community to secure the freedoms we all enjoy. And may it be a reminder that “Freedom Is Not Free.”