Springfield Veterans Memorial honors a vast roll of local veterans and heroes by preserving their names in memory and affirming that they will never be forgotten. The memorial also expresses the themes of sacrifice, freedom, national unity, gratitude for troops and survivors, and enduring remembrance through inscriptions such as “Freedom Is Not Free,” “All Gave Some, Some Gave All,” “God Bless America And Our Troops,” “United We Stand,” and “Lest We Forget.”