A new granite panel focusing on America’s wars since 1990, primarily its involvement in the Middle East and the war on terror, has been added to the Freedom Garden at the Northeast Georgia History Center at Brenau University. “During this period, the Middle East became the focal point for political and social unrest, culminating in several military interventions,” according to an etched description on the panel, installed last week at the museum at 322 Academy St. in Gainesville. The military involvement was “designed to remove governments dedicated to authoritarian rule and the promotion of global terrorism.” The panel goes on to describe Operation Desert Storm, when a U.S.-led coalition expelled Iraq from Kuwait, and mention 9/11.