BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Texas World War I Centennial Commemoration - ECPv4.6.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Texas World War I Centennial Commemoration X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.texasworldwar1centennial.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Texas World War I Centennial Commemoration BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC-6:20161110T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC-6:20161110T170000 DTSTAMP:20250704T073312 CREATED:20161027T001556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161027T001702Z UID:755-1478786400-1478797200@www.texasworldwar1centennial.org SUMMARY:"Gold Star Court of Honor" Texas Historical Marker Dedication DESCRIPTION:\nThis is an invitation to attend the Texas Historical Marker Dedication for the Gold Star Court of Honor\, November 10\, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Spohn Park\, 600 Mesquite.\n\nThis memorial was dedicated in 1931 for the 39 Nueces County men killed in WWI. Each soldier has an individual bronze medallion with a crepe myrtle tree planted adjacent to it. The medallions line the Broadway Bluff Balustrade just under the Corpus Christi Cathedral. At the dedication approximately 2\,500 people attended. In 1931 the Corpus Christi Cathedral was yet to be built. The Port of Corpus Christi had opened in 1926\, the King and Kenedy homes were located where the Corpus Christi Cathedral is today and the new Coast Guard cutter Saranac arrived early for an emergency appendix operation for a seaman at Fred Roberts Hospital. WWI was called the great war  and was the war to end all wars. This is the only one of its kind in Texas. \n\n URL:https://www.texasworldwar1centennial.org/calander/gold-star-court-of-honor-texas-historical-marker-dedication/ LOCATION:600 N Mesquite St\, Corpus Christi\, TX\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR