"Thank you for joining Patriot Defenders Network for the ground
breaking of our Virtual Veteran's War Memorial. This project
is more than just a memorial to honor those who have served our
country.
This is a living community that provides a unique communication
experience that goes beyond email, text messaging and even phone
conversations.
The War Memorial is at the center of
Veterans Village, a place where veterans, active duty personnel
and their families can communicate in real time no matter how
far apart they are physically.
An Internet connection is all that is
needed.
The Virtual Veterans Park was created
specifically for our wounded warriors who are receiving
treatment at various military medical and rehab centers.
In this park, these soldiers are able to
walk and talk with each other in a virtual forum to discuss
their treatment, rehab, or everyday conversations.
Please take a few moments to walk around
the Memorial and chat with friends or strangers. This community
and virtual world changes daily from people you meet, to new
content or features added to the site.
We'd love to hear from your experience
visiting the Memorial and any comments and suggestions you may
have that would enrich your time spent here.
It is our hope that you leave this place
with a greater appreciation and respect for those who have given
some, or given all in defense of the freedoms we enjoy.
Music video by Billy Ray Cyrus performing
Some Gave All with Charley Randazzo (C) 1993
Mercury Records, a Division of UMG
Recordings, Inc.
Remembering those who served
in World War I
Songs are in this order: It's A Long Way to
Berlin but We'll Get There, The Yanks
Started Yankin, I May Stay Away A Little
Longer, It's A Long Way to Tipperary, What
Kind of an American Are You, How Ya Gonna
Keep Them Down on the Farm
The Great War short clip #2, World War 1 Era
Period Music and Pictures. WW1 spanned from
August of 1914 to November of 1918 and raged
across the globe. The United States was
officially involved in the war from April
1917 to the end. The doughboys are nearly
forgotten today in the shadow of World War
2, Vietnam and Iraq. Millions of American
men and women, black and white, served our
country in The Great War. This series of
shorts shows the music of their time and
photographs from the Great War. Brought to
you by the team that created the High
Definition documentary series, World War 1
American Legacy. World War 1 American Legacy
is available on DVD from retailers like
Amazon.com Official website:
www.GreatWarFilm.com
Dave Jenest pays tribute to the 790 Tin Can Sailors
that lost their lives
to Typhoon Cobra - 18 December 1944. Dave's father was among
them. Young hero Joe Guio is on the memorial and a link on the wall.
http://www.patriotwatch.com/Joe_Guio.htm
WE SALUTE YOU!
Full version of military branch themes and
invitation to all our virtual world active duty service members
and veterans to take the stage.
Noted Bandmaster Patrick Gilmore wrote the
lyrics for this tune when his band was
attached to the 24th Massachusetts Infantry.
The tune is the same as the Irish song
"Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye" but there is some
dispute as to which came first. "Johnny" did
not refer to "Johnny Reb" but most likely
Gilmore's future brother-in-law, a Union
army officer.
The first page of the song (Louis Lambert
was a pseudonym of Gilmore's) bears a dedication at the top "to
the army and the navy of the Union". This was not a
Confederate song.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
1SGT CJ GRISHAM - A Soldiers Perspective
REFLECTIONS:
As we
watch and listen to videos messages from and about our
troops, members of our virtual world share their personal
thoughts and stories with each other.
Let us
remember the
13
U.S. soldiers KIA in Afghanistan after the media feeding
frenzy over Michael Jackson's death on June 25. These are
the true American heroes and treasure lost.
July 4th Tribute to Veterans Past
and Present
Sponsored by Patriotwatch.com and ProtoTerra.com All gave some... Some gave all Press Release
June 31, 2009, Sacramento, CA
The All Wars Memorial obelisk,
that stands silently, strong and tall on the grounds of
California's Capitol, will serve as a unique model for its
Virtual World counterpart within the Veterans Village Memorial
Park. Groundbreaking ceremonies are scheduled for July 4th, with
completion scheduled for Veterans Day 2009.
The black granite like obelisk,
depicting the heroes of our nation, will be the centerpiece for
a larger region, dedicated to veterans past and present,
military families and wounded warriors returning home from the
battlefield. The MIA/POW flag will be displayed as a constant
reminder of the deep sacrifices of so many families and their
loved ones.
This will be a quiet place to
honor our veterans and the only virtual memorial for all
veterans, all wars and all service branches. A special marble
wall with seals representing all of the armed services and
golden arch reading Thank You For Your Service greets visitors
as they arrive. On the wall are photos of active duty service
members with their units
The Veterans Village will be both
a solemn place (the memorial itself) and happy place for
families to unite, even if a mom or dad is deployed in service
to our nation. Instead of standing in long lines to call home,
our troops with Internet access can join the kids in the park,
or share intimate moments and conversations with their spouses.
In the Virtual Veterans Park, the
soldiers being treated for their wounds at the Fort Bliss, TX
Wounded Warrior Unit, will be able to walk with their brother
soldiers who are bedridden at Walter Reed Memorial Hospital in
Washington, DC. They were brothers in combat and are being
reunited in a world where pain vanishes for a time as they enjoy
the brotherhood of warriors.
Robert "Bob" Flesch is the
creator, developer and owner of Prototerra.com. This is where
the Virtual Veterans Memorial Village will "live" within
emerging multi-dimensional technology. It offers high population
densities and limitless scalability. Encompassing eight years
(80 total person years) of development and testing on a wide
range of PC systems, as well as having two patents in process,
Prototerra's virtual world platform technology sets the standard
for virtual worlds. Bob has developed one of the leading virtual
world platforms with over 1.5 million downloads and thousands of
concurrent users worldwide.
When asked why Bob and his
company would underwrite such a programming intensive and
expensive project, he replied: "The sacrifices of our veterans,
past and present, inspired me to sponsor this amazing effort.
Its functionality is being crafted by real veterans and citizen
volunteers in our virtual world. They are the stakeholders and
it will truly be their world."
Inspired by a Real World Tribute to our
Veterans:
Iris Taggart searched
among the 1,734 inscribed bricks at the Veterans Memorial
Plaza at Mather Field for 20 minutes before finding her late
husband's name. When she found the inscription, "Major
Robert 'Tag' Taggart," she knelt, moving her fingers back
and forth across his name. She crouched at the brick for
several minutes, staring, blinking back tears.
Iris was one of the
volunteers organizing the veterans memorial plaza
dedication. She coordinated the flyover of a B-17, B-24 and
B-25 during the opening ceremonies. "Just listening to the
engines gives me goose bumps," she said, adjusting the two
B-17 pins attached to her vest. "It's because of him," she
added, looking to the sky, "that I'm doing this."
The volunteers at
Patriotwatch.com arranged to sponsor the first brick purchased
for a neighborhood youngster and the daughter of one of PDN,
Inc. co-founders.
The plaza, at the Sacramento
Veterans Administration Medical Center in Rancho Cordova, at the
former Mather Air Force Base, is a dream come true for many area
veterans. The plaza is a 6,200-square-foot oval. Supporters
purchased the bricks to honor veterans, some as far back as the
Civil War. One inscription honors the Columbia space shuttle
crew, another, the veterans of Iraq.
The centerpiece is a 15-foot-tall
bronze statue of a medic returning home, with his daughter on
his shoulders, waving an American flag. The theme of the plaza
is "Coming Home." a theme that resonates with Vietnam veterans,
many of whom never received a celebratory homecoming.
The Virtual World's All Wars
Memorial, like its real life counterpart and the Mather Memorial
Plaza will combine to honor the friends and family members who
have served. The inner circle bricks will be to honor those who
gave their all. The walkways to the obelisk will pay tribute to
our visitors' and members' veterans, past and present. By
Veterans Day 2010, there will be a virtual computer kiosk
station nearby where one can search the database for their loved
one's brick location. Each brick can be linked to any website
about that veteran or the family sponsoring the brick.
"Today's youngster will
learn Freedom is not Free" writes Dave Jenest, VP Operations
for PDN, Inc. "They will take ownership of a virtual
personal space and legacy with the brick the family places
at the Memorial. One day, a Veterans Day perhaps, they will
bring their children to Veteran's Village. They will show
them the brick placed there by their parents in their youth
and do the same for their children. Those children will
learn, we will never forget, All gave some... some gave
all."
The proceeds from Village
sponsors and the funds collected from brick revenues, will be
used for further development of our Virtual World and the
ongoing case work of nonprofit PDN, Inc. See: PDN Case Work
JULY 4th GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY
Virtual LIVE Performers
Lisa Mei Norton
Performing Virtually from The Independence Day Celebration
Charlottesville, Virginia
Keith Anthony CEO
Patriot Defenders Network, Inc.
Co-Sponsor of our virtual world
Sacramento, California
CONTACT David Jenest,
Webmaster/VP Operations http://www.patriotwatch.com/7-4-09.htm
Patriot Defenders Network, Inc
1818 H Street Unit 1
Sacramento, CA 95811-2146
Phone: (916) 448-2619
Fax: (916) 444-0935
