National War Memorial Registry, War Memorial Catalog Of United States

IN 1991, AFTER IRAQI DICTATOR SADDAM HUSSEIN INVADED KUWAIT, OUR TROOPS WERE DEPLOYED IN THE WAR KNOWN AS DESERT STORM. IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT THERE WAS A REVIVAL OF THE PUBLIC'S CONSCIENCE TOWARDS OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN AND THE YELLOW RIBBON EMERGED AS A NATIONAL SYMBOL OF SUPPORT FOR OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO WERE SERVING AWAY FROM HOME. YELLOW RIBBONS COULD BE SEEN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO LET OUR TROOPS KNOW THAT THEY WERE REMEMBERED. THE BRONZE "YELLOW" RIBBON IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE NATION AND IS A PERMANENT SYMBOL OF REMEMBRANCE OF OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND HOMES PRESERVING OUR FREEDOM. THIS MEMORIAL, WHICH WAS DEDICATED ON 11 NOVEMBER 2005, HELPS TO ENSURE THAT THE INDIFFERENCE AND DISRESPECT SHOWN TO THE VIETNAM VETERANS WILL NOT HAPPEN TO OTHER SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN.