Red River Valley Veterans Memorial Museum Inc

In honor of our Veterans, each Memorial Day and Veterans Day are set aside to pay tribute to those who put their lives on the line for our freedom. You will find all the service flags flying 24/7 365 days a year.

The Red River Valley Veterans Memorial is a place for reflection, remembrance and gratitude. It is our hope that this will also be a place to educate present and future generations of the sacrifice made by members of their own family and their community to secure the freedoms that we all enjoy. 

May it be a reminder that “Freedom is not Free.”

This impressive memorial is located next to the Eiffel Tower near Love Civic Center. The memorial’s centerpiece is the Ring of Honor, an elevated ring of granite walls containing the names of all the men and women from the five county Red River Valley area that made the ultimate sacrifice. Surrounding the Ring of Honor are granite Conflict Walls, etched with information and graphic depictions of each war or conflict.

There are over 2,700 granite 1’ x 2’ Veteran pavers that honors all veterans no matter where they live. There are 54 Family Benches, 18 Ornamental Tree Pavers and 106 Specialty Pavers installed at the memorial. Two bronze statues with murals have been installed to honor Gold Star Families and War Dog and their Handlers. We have a computer Kiosk that is used for visitors to fill out our Guestbook and used to find friend or family members that have their names engraved at the memorial.

The last phase includes more Family Benches, Veteran Pavers, Choctaw Code Talker Monument and static displays. In 2023 an AH1 P Cobra Attack Helicopter built in 1977, an M115 8” Towed Howitzer from 1944, 1952 M211 Deuce and a Half, and a 1970’s era M113 A1 Armored Personnel Carrier(APC) was installed. We are building a 6,000 sq ft Museum next to the Memorial. The building will have offices for Veteran Service Officers and will also be available for all local Veteran groups such as the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, etc. We have acquired about 30 glass display cases from a Macy's Department store that closed in Denton, Texas and we also have like professional office cubicles pretty much for free thru either donation or just fuel cost to go get them. We also have to Army jeeps from different wars to put inside for display. We are also making available a storm shelter/visitor restroom as part of the building. We have over 35,000 people visit the Memorial each year and won the People's Choice Award from Tripadvisor and is the #1 place to visit in Paris Texas. We are listed as Platinum on Candid as a Non-Profit with transparency.