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|image=WwIImemorialMemorialDay2007.jpg|caption=The World War II 2007 "[[Run for the Wall]]" ceremonies at Veterans MemorialPark

}}'''Veterans Memorial Park''' is a 5.5 acre park in Downtown Pensacola which includes a number of memorials to American armed forces personnel, including '''Wall South'''. The Althought the park is owned by the [[City of Pensacola]], it is administered solely by the [[Veterans Memorial Park Foundation]], the [[Vietnam Veterans of Northwest Florida]] (VVNF) and its [[Wall South Foundation]].

In [[1987]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial#The_Moving_Wall.2C_also_known_as_The_Traveling_Wall Moving Wall], a portable touring version of the national memorial, visited Pensacola. For the next five years, the Vietnam Veterans of Northwest Florida raised money for a permanent memorial in Pensacola. In January [[1991 ]] the VVNF reached an agreement with the [[City of Pensacola]] for use of the memorial site between [[Bayfront Parkway]], [[Ninth Avenue]], and [[Romana Street]]. While the land remains under city ownership, in exchange for use of the site, the VVNF agreed that its Wall South Foundation would be solely responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the park. The park is maintained thanks to fundraising and the efforts of volunteers.

The park's first memorial, the Wall South, was dedicated on [[October 24 October ]], [[1992]].

<gallery>[[Image:WWIIMemorialWwIImemorial.jpg|From the east</gallery>thumb|right|World War II Memorial]]

Dedication ceremonies for the [[Image:KoreanWarMemorial.jpg|thumb|right|The Korean War Memorial]]The Korean War Memorial are scheduled for was dedicated on [[May 26]], [[2007]] at 10. More that 1,000 people attended the dedication ceremony. The memorial features three statues: a platoon leader, his kneeling radio operator, and a medic carrying a Korean child. Local historian [[John Appleyard]], businessman [[Buzz Ritchie]], and local Chapter 293 of the Korean War Veterans Association worked with [[John E. Pritchard]] and the [[Veterans Memorial Park Foundation]] to raise the $350,000 necessary to construct the memorial. ==Other images==<gallery perrow="3">Image:MemorialPark-MIA.jpg|U.S. and POW-MIA flag pavilionImage:MemorialPark-Homecoming.jpg|"Homecoming"Image:WWIIMemorial.jpg|World War II Memorial from the eastImage:MemorialPark-Hawkshaw.jpg|Looking toward [[Hawkshaw Lagoon Memorial Park|Hawkshaw Lagoon]]Image:00 AMWallSouth-2007.jpg|The Wall South decorated during [[Memorial Day Weekend]] 2007</gallery>