Memorial Day ceremony marks reopening of Guilford County Veterans Memorial
About 100 people gathered at Country Park as Guilford County Veterans Memorial reopened after renovations that added brick space, new flagpoles and a Huey display.
About 100 people gathered at the Guilford County Veterans Memorial in Country Park on Sunday as the site reopened to the public after a renovation that added new features and expanded the memorial’s reach ahead of the summer visitation season.
The hourlong Memorial Day commemoration, held from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at 3905 Nathanael Greene Dr. in Greensboro, served as both a tribute to veterans and the public reopening of the newly renovated and modernized memorial. The site, which the city described as entering a new chapter in its history, drew veterans, families and supporters to a place that has become one of Greensboro’s most visible civic spaces honoring military service.
Dedicated on Sept. 14, 2002, the privately funded memorial sits on about one acre in Country Park and is free and open to the public during park hours. It honors veterans past and present who served the nation, with more than 1,200 personalized paver bricks at the site. Visit Greensboro says more than 1,000 of those bricks honor members of the armed forces and the people who support them, including bricks recognizing the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Merchant Marines.
The renovation effort followed storm damage after Tropical Storm Debby uprooted a red oak and damaged the memorial grounds in August 2024. Since then, the memorial’s leadership has pushed to preserve the site for future generations while making it more accessible and more informative for visitors. Board chair Susan Danielsen has said the group wants to expand the memorial’s website with photos and biographical details so the stories behind the bricks can be known beyond the physical site.
The upgrades include more space for memorial bricks, new flag poles, a bronze battle cross sculpture and the planned display of a decommissioned UH-1M Huey helicopter from the N.C. Vietnam Helicopter Pilot Association. For Guilford County residents and visitors alike, the result is more than a refreshed monument. It is a larger public place to remember veterans, recognize families and donors, and keep a local symbol of service active and visible in the heart of Country Park.
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