FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — On a hilltop overlooking Kentucky’s state Capitol sits one of the Commonwealth’s most striking and meaningful landmarks: the Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Dedicated in 1988, the granite plaza honors 1,109 Kentuckians who lost their lives in the Vietnam War. At its center stands a 14-foot gnomon, the upright portion of a sundial. Each day, its shadow moves across the memorial, falling precisely on the name of a veteran on the anniversary of their death.

The idea for the memorial came from a group of Vietnam veterans determined to make sure their fallen brothers and sisters would never be forgotten. At the time, in the early 1980s, few seemed eager to revisit the war. But the veterans pressed on, rallying support until the project became a reality. Lexington

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