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Gainesville Veterans Park gets a welcome touch with new entrance arch
Vietnam vets group raises funds for addition to memorial site
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Retired Navy machinist and Korean War veteran Charlie Black looks at a memorial on Saturday in the Rock Creek Veterans Park.
When the Rock Creek Vietnam Veterans began collecting the names of local veterans for a memorial in Gainesville’s veterans park, they ran into a problem. Some veterans didn’t know where to find the little park tucked into a shady corridor at the corner of West Academy Street and Northside Drive. Three years ago, said veteran Jerry Peck, the group began building its brick memorial to honor Hall County veterans.