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Memorial Park

Memorial Park

Capital City & Lake Murray Country

Capital City & Lake Murray Country
The largest monument of its type outside of Washington D.C., stands here as a memorial to 980 South Carolinians who died in Vietnam. The park also features a new Holocaust monument. Designed by renowned sculptor Irwin Hyman, the monument stands on a granite Star of David and features the names of Holocaust liberators and survivors of South Carolina engraved on its granite walls. The memorial includes a map of the death camps across Europe and a chronology of World War II, and has a Korean War Memorial.
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Columbia
Midlands
700 Hampton ST,
Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 545-3100
Info & Amenities
Location
I-126 to Elmwood Ave., right onto Gadsden St. (1st right after the bridge), follow Gadsden to Hampton St. Monument is in the park on the right.
Admission
Free
Days and Hours of Operation
Daily, dawn to dusk

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