SEABEES RETURN JUNE 2004!

 SEABEE'S CONSTRUCTION FOR 2003

 

 

DESIGN CONCEPT

THIS IS THE 30 ACRE SITE DEDICATED TO ALL 3468 MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS

(The 30 acre site is from the bottom of this picture to the tree line, intercostal

 canal on left to Barriere road on right) 

THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS THIS YEAR 2004 FOR THE SEABEES WILL BE SETTING THE FLAGPOLES, FINISHING THE ROOF ON THE 5 STAR POINTS THAT WILL HOLD THE NAMES OF ALL MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS, POURING THE SIDEWALKS LEADING TO THE STAR POINTS AND COURTYARD, AND THE BASE FOR THE BRICK COLUMNS WHICH WILL BE PART OF THE WROUGHT IRON AND BRICK FENCE IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.

HOW DID THEY DO THIS YEAR 2004?

"ON TIME, UNDER BUDGET - ALL TASKS COMPLETED TO PLAN SIR"

Thanks to the U. S. Navy Seabees this dream is a reality!

 

 

On September 20, 2004 at 13:00, flags were raised for the first time.

This day  marked the inauguration of the flagpoles and the completion of the task to which the Seabees were assigned. September 20th marks the milestone in the construction of this magnificent Monument.

 

                  

                                                                           

                      

            

      

                                       

                       JOB WELL DONE CHIEF LONGSON!      YOUR VISION, MURRAY, IS NOW REALITY! 

                                                   

                                                                    THOSE WHO "BROUGHT" THIS VISION TO REALITY

             

   

                                        THE SEABEES!                                                                               CELEBRATE!

WE HAD AN OUTSTANDING BAND FOR OUR DAY! 

YOU WERE GREAT, EACH ONE OF YOU, AND MADE OUR PROGRAM A SUCCESS.  I WIPED AWAY THE TEARS AS YOU PLAYED OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM AND OUR FLAG BEGAN TO UNFURL AND BLOW IN THE WIND FOR THE FIRST TIME. A WIND WHICH CAME FROM GOD THAT DAY, A BLESSING FOR ALL WHO ATTENDED THIS GREAT CELEBRATION TO HONOR ALL OF THOSE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO NOW SEE GOD FACE TO FACE. THE WIND THAT DAY WAS THE BREATH OF GOD TO SHOW US HIS LOVE FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT WE MAY BE FREE  SO WE COULD EXPERIENCE DAYS LIKE WE DID ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2004, AND BECAUSE OF THEM,  ABLE TO GIVE HIM THANKS AND PRAISE THAT WE ARE FREE. MANY OF THE SEABEES TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD EXPERIENCED THAT MUCH WIND AT THE SITE IN ALL THE TIME THAT THEY WERE THERE, IN FACT ANY WIND THAT THEY COULD REMEMBER. THEY TOO KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL JUST FOR THEM ALSO! AS EACH OF THE OTHER FLAGS WERE RAISED, ONE BY ONE, YOU PLAYED TRIBUTE TO EACH SERVICE WITH THEIR MUSIC: ARMY, NAVY, MARINES, AIR FORCE, COAST GUARD. I WAS HONORED BY YOUR PRESENCE AND YOUR TALENT TO MAKE THIS A DAY TO ALWAYS REMEMBER. 

                                                          THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS EACH ONE OF YOU.

 

THIS WAS THE SUNSET OVER THE SITE ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2004! AWESOME GOD! 

                                         

THE REMAINING MAJOR TASK IS TO FIND FUNDING - $500,000.00 - FOR THE BLACK GRANITE THAT WILL BE AFFIXED TO THE SIDES OF THESE 5 STAR SHAPED BUILDINGS THAT WILL BE INSCRIBED WITH THE NAMES TO HONOR ALL OF THE 3,459 BRAVE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS. 

WHAT A BLESSING IF A SPONSOR WERE TO STEP FORWARD TODAY, TO COMPLETE THIS MONUMENT TO THEM!

THE WALKWAYS LEADING TO THE CENTER COURTYARD, WHERE YOU WILL READ THE NAMES OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS, WILL BE PAVED WITH ENGRAVED MEMORIAL BRICKS. THE ENGRAVED MEMORIAL BRICKS WILL HONOR ANY MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY, GRATITUDE FROM YOUR COMPANY, OR ANY MEMORIAL STATEMENT YOU WISH TO MAKE, WHICH WILL REMAIN THERE AS A  PERMANENT PLACE OF HONOR  FOREVER. TO PURCHASING ONE OR  MORE OF THESE MEMORIAL BRICKS CLICK HERE FOR ORDER FORM OR CONTACT MURRAY NAQUIN AT 504-394-2892  OR   (CLICK HERE TO EMAIL MURRAY).

                                                     

                       

 

THE BEE'S AT WORK in 2004!

STAR POINT CORNERS

     

       Lt. Edward Simmons, Larry Cloos, Mikail Shabazz, Chief Mike Longson                                                                    Project Begins

          Jody Coyne.  Kneeling - Paul Gomez, Gene Lotta, Debora Dalke

 

                 

                                             Set                                                                                In Place

 

      

                                                Pouring                                                                                     Preparing To Set Point Corner

 

 

 THE EXTERIOR SIDEWALKS

 

  

                Sidewalks Begin                                                                                                       Layout

       Cloos, Gomez, Spencer, Shabazz, Longson, Lotta, Dalke                                                               Dalke    

 

       

                  Setting the Forms                                                                                          Sand in the Forms

                                    Gomez & Shabazz                                                                                           Gomez, Cloos, Lotta       

 

                

                      Rain Protection                                                                                            Setting Form

                                     Bodily, Shabazz, Longson                                                                                          Weite

 

    

                       Pouring Begins                                                                                  Getting Serious

                              Weite, Longson, Burmaster, Bodily                                                                 Weite  &  Bodily

 

       

                        Weite, Longson, Bodily, Burmaster                                               Weite, Bodily, Burmaster, Lotta, Shabazz

 

                                                        

                                            Bodily                                                                                                  Weite

 

        

                                         Chief Longson & Weite                                                                                Lotta

 

        

                             Chief Longson, Weite, Bodily                                                                             "The Crew"

 

                                                     

                                          Weite  &  Bodily                                                     Lotta....  End of a Long Day...somebody's gotta do it!

 

THE EXTERIOR FLAGPOLES

 

                                                       

                                                    Placing the Casing                                                                   Perfect!

                                                           Bodily                                                                                   Bodily 

 

              

                                             Finish Work                                                                                           Almost Done!

 Back:  Wingfield, Day, Eckert, Dalke, Naquin Front:  Weite, Bodily

 

 MAIN FLAGPOLE & COURTYARD

SIDEWALKS  

              

                                                       Main Flagpole                                                                                                                           Courtyard Sidewalk

        

                              

MAIN FLAGPOLE & COURTYARD 

                               

            

                                           

                      

                             

                         

               

                          For Courtyard Flagpole                                            Flagpole                                 Louisiana Flagpole Putter Upper!

                                 

                             Now That's a Flagpole!                               Ready for Alignment!                                   Exterior Flagpole!

                                                           One of the 5 Exterior Flagpoles!                                                        Courtyard Flagpole in Place!

                                                                                                                                                (This Looks Like Iowa Jima!)

 

AWESOME!

                        

   

 

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