Monument & Museum Honoring Women Veterans Coming to the Gulf Coast

PENSACOLA, Fla., April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Monument to Women Veterans, a 501c3 Charitable Non-Profit, announces a groundbreaking event for a museum and monument to women veterans, and the announcement of a state-of-the-art national training center in construction for veterans. The museum and monument site is being developed to honor all women, past, present, and future, who served in the United States military and to provide often unmet critical resources for female veteran care.

Founded in 2011 by Navy Veteran Michelle Caldwell, Monument to Women Veterans has been granted a 30-year lease (with extension options) by the City of Pensacola to restore and remodel the Amtrak depot on Heinberg Street. The location will provide space for a museum and the first monument dedicated to the 25% of active-duty military women plus 2.8 million women veterans who have honorably served in combat since 1948.

Renowned sculptor Elizabeth MacQueen will design the 35-foot monument that will feature flames and laser beams over a stainless-steel elliptical band of flowing water. The monument will be surrounded by women figures from each branch of the military in their service uniforms. These figures will depict servicewomen rising to their challenges despite adversities while they serve their country. The nearby museum will include:

• Static and interactive displays
• Classrooms and conference spaces (to be used for community education and seminars)
• Gift and coffee shops

All retail operations will aid in the museum's stability and operation as well as the maintenance of the Veterans Memorial Park on the bayfront.

The facility will also serve as a national training center for returning veterans of all genders and identities. The training will allow veterans to reside in Pensacola and train in construction to help fill areas with a critical labor shortage. Everdean Construction, in support of Monument to Women Veterans, are excited to be involved in the state-of-the-art training center to help veterans become part of a community that embraces them. Dan Demchak, VP of Marketing for Everdean Construction states, "It is a great opportunity for us at Everdean to honor the history of women service veterans while supporting the return of our current veterans' and actively participate in the development of skills to ensure our veteran's future success within the Pensacola community."

The public is invited to join in a ribbon-cutting ceremony and celebratory festivities at 980 E Heinberg St. in Pensacola on Friday, April 23rd from 3:00 pm–6:00 pm CST.

Guests can reserve a spot at the ribbon-cutting event by visiting https://MWVets.org/rsvpnow.

About Monument for Women Veterans

The Monument to Women Veterans, Inc. is a 501c3 Charitable Non-Profit Corporation established in 2011 that has been leading the charge in recognizing and empowering our military women through a variety of community outreach and awareness efforts. Join Monument to Women Veterans in their goals to provide recognition of the service and sacrifices of the woman who have proudly donned a United States armed services uniform and to offer resources and services for a myriad of issues currently impacting women veterans to include post-traumatic stress, military sexual trauma, traumatic brain issues, domestic violence, unemployment, homelessness, and countless more that may arise in the future.

Media Contact

Ren Foskey, String Figures Creative LLC, +1 (321) 430-5433, hello@strfig.com

Michelle Caldwell, Monument to Women Veterans, 850-572-5474, contact@mwvets.org

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