June 16, 2016 (Winston-Salem, NC) ─ As former First Class Airman Johnnie Montgomery walked along the bricks engraved with the names of veterans and donors, around the cascading fountain surrounded by flags and stone markers honoring the various branches of the military, he felt pride.

“I would like to thank the public for honoring our fallen comrades,” Montgomery said during a trip to The Carolina Field of Honor.

Residents of Southfork, a DePaul Senior Living Community in Winston-Salem, recently visited the eight-acre memorial which is located in the 426-acre Triad Park.

Pictured here are Southfork residents Brenda Bailey, Johnnie Montgomery, Pat Mitchell, Judy Sink, Donald Hauser, Olga Przybylowicz and Frank Perkins.

Situated in portions of Forsyth and Guilford counties, near Kernersville and Colfax, the memorial honors veterans throughout the Triad area and the state who have served in conflicts from World War II to today in Iraq and Afghanistan. The memorial also includes a piece of a steel beam salvaged from the South Tower of the World Trade Center dedicated to honoring those who lost their lives in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.

“What a great tribute to honor the men and women that fought so hard, and the ones that are still alive,” said Southfork resident Brenda Bailey.

Pictured above are Southfork residents Donald Hauser and Johnnie Montgomery at The Field of Honor.

For more information about Southfork, please contact Regional Director Melissa Silverman-Connolly at (336) 768-8828 or visit us on Facebook.