NEILLSVILLE — The wind speaks when it blows across the ridge through clusters of wind chimes inscribed with 1,244 names of those from Wisconsin who died or are missing in action in the Vietnam War.
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Located in the meditation garden of The Highground, the "Ascension of Doves" sculpture is the signature element of the space designed to offer visitors an opportunity to wander, reflect, and meditate.
The Wisconsin Persian Gulf Tribute honors military veterans and their families and features concrete barricades, benches and bronze sculptures at The Highground Veterans Memorial Park in Neillsville.
Dedicated to women Air Force service pilots who served in WWII, a statue of a woman pilot looking skyward honors the efforts of the WASPs at The Highground. A World War II memorial can be seen in the background.
Among the items in the library at The Highground Veterans Memorial Park near Neillsville is an eight-inch thick scrapbook stuffed with Wisconsin newspaper clippings and photographs from 1967 and 1968 about the Vietnam War. The scrapbook, stories about war veterans and more than 15,000 military books fill the shelves of the library.
Water flows through the "Fountain of Tears" sculpture at The Highground Veterans Memorial Park near Neillsville. The three-element work features a GI holding dog tags of his fallen comrade with his other hand resting on a helmet and impaled rifle. Symbolic tears flow through the fountain under the bridge and into a pond where the wife and child of the fallen soldier sit holding a folded American flag.
Cast in bronze, the Military Working Dog Tribute shares space on the grounds of The Highground Veterans Memorial Park in Neillsville. Pictured is Al Laughlin, who served in Korea from late 1955 to early 1957 as a dog handler.
Stained-glass panels depicting campaign ribbons accent a memorial to World War II at The Highground near Neillsville. The park is located on a ridge in Clark County, is free, open year-round and offers stunning views of Clark County and beyond.
Don Quicker, The Highground Veterans Memorial Park treasurer and one of the originators of the park, is reflected in a display of military artifacts in The Highground's learning center in Neillsville. The center, established in 2010, includes a museum, library, archives and a wall of photos of those from Wisconsin killed or missing in action during the Vietnam War.
Bamboo-shaped bronze rods inscribed with the names of Wisconsin soldiers lost during the Vietnam War comprise a wind chime feature of a sculpture titled "Fragments" at The Highground Veterans Memorial Park in Neillsville. The statue was the first in the park that was dedicated in 1988.
