PARKLAND, Fla. – An important milestone has been reached in the effort to forever honor the victims of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
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The Parkland 17 Memorial Foundation has selected the design for a planned memorial park.
Artist Gordon Huether’s design is based on concentric circles.
There will be a central fountain surrounded by 17 limestone obelisks, a tribute to each of the 17 victims of the tragedy.
Alyssa Alhadeff, Scott Beigel, Martin Duque Anguiano, Nicholas Dworet, Aaron Feis, Jaime Guttenberg, Chris Hixon, Luke Hoyer, Cara Loughran, Gina Montalto, Joaquin Oliver, Alaina Petty, Meadow Pollack, Helena Ramsay, Alex Schachter, Carmen Schentrup and Peter Wang were killed in the shooting on Feb. 14, 2018.
The obelisks will have detailed information about each victim.
There will also be a poem be engraved in the surface of the memorial plaza.
“We are deeply humbled and honored to have been selected to create the Memorial for the victims of the Parkland school shooting,” said Huether. “We believe this memorial will be a place where friends, families and the community can come together to honor and remember those lives taken in this senseless tragedy.”
The memorial park will be located on a 150-acre preserve bordering Coral Springs and Parkland.