Museum founded 1973 

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Hall of Fame of Parachuting logo TM    

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COMPLETED MONUMENTS
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 USMC Korean War legacy

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 FOREIGN LEGION

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 QUEST for the SKY     (International prize 2003)

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The WALL FOR THE AGES ®  Here, for millennia,  YOU MAY ENGRAVE A NAME 

 

PRESENTLY  ENGRAVING, the 
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HISTORY of HUMANITY

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HISTORY of CALIFORNIA

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 HISTORY of ARIZONA

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HISTORY of the UNITED STATES

How a Monument is Built

The CHURCH on the HILL (Overlooks the Museum)

THE  DESIGN

VISIT US Town of Felicity

Trustees

Our History  

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Significant Moments

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LETTERS

Letter from President Reagan

      President Reagan

 

Letter from Thomas P. O'Neil, Jr.

Thomas P. O'Neil, Jr.

Former Speaker 

House of Representatives

 

Letter from General E. C. Meyer

General E. C. Meyer

Chief of Staff 1981

U.S. Army

 

Letter from General C. C. Krulak

General C.C. Krulak

Commandant of the Marine Corps

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MUSEUM OF HISTORY IN GRANITE

How a Granite Museum-Wall TM is Built

 

    Each Granite Museum-Wall ™  is one hundred feet long and designed by structural engineers to endure   four thousand years. There are no guarantees, only time will tell.

    1,960 cubic feet of 3,000 psi concrete are poured over 5945 pounds of knitted steel installed in a three-foot deep trench.

    The monument is faced with 60 panels of Missouri Red granite, each weighing 477 pounds,                                                                                                 and two triangular granite end pieces each weighing 351 pounds.

    Historic text,  names and family panels, are engraved deep in granite.                                                    
                                   

  Drawings are engraved by hand with diamond stylus by the few experts in this esoteric profession.

                                 

WEIGHT OF MONUMENTS  YEAR 2008

  Pounds Kilos
               
CONCRETE           290,080 131,855
STEEL(REBAR)           5,945 2,702
FITTINGS             625 284
MISC:Stainlessnuts,bolts,washers,joiners,etc.       100 45
GRANITE             29,320 13,327
               
 ONE_MONUMENT         326,070 148,214
               
HISTORY OF HUMANITY 8 monuments  (4 of 100 ft and 4 of 67 ft)   2,173,801 988,091
               
Weight of other 8 monuments                                                                        2,608,561 1,185,709
               
TOTAL_WEIGHT OF_16_MONUMENTS IN_YEAR_2008     4,782,361 2,173,801
               
OF_WHICH_GRANITE            430,027 195,467
               
 GRANITE_PANELS            
Rectangular            880  
Triangular             32  
TOTAL             912  
               
ESTIMATED_TIME_TO_READ PRESENTLY_ENGRAVED_312_PANELS   5 Hours  
Est.Time to read 912 panels         15 Hours  
               
 "Anything_worth_doing_cannot_be_accomplished_in_one_lifetime"   Reinhold_Niehbur  

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Museum of History in Granite division of HFP, Inc, a 501-c-3 corporation founded in 1973.

2 Center of the World Plaza, Felicity, CA 92283-7777, USA

                           

Contributions are deductible from Federal Income Taxes