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Fallen Soldier Family Discount
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One of the more common
questions we receive about
the Fallen Soldier memorial
sculpture is who is and who
is not eligible for the
discount that we offer for
the families of our fallen
troops.
The intent of this discount
is to give the parents and
spouses of fallen troops a
break on the cost of
memorializing their lost
loved one. It is our
feeling that these families
have already paid a high
enough price and this is our
way of expressing our
appreciation for the
sacrifice they have made.
It is not about giving a
discount to anyone working
on a memorial for someone
lost in the service of their
country, because that would
include just about all of
our customers. This
discount, which if you do
the calculation is 11%,
represents our profit on
this sculpture. If we
gave this discount to
everyone, then we may as
well go out of business now.
We thought that saying this
is a family discount would
be self-explanatory, but
over the years we have had
numerous requests for the
family discount for what
were really just general
veteran's monuments or
memorials. As a
result, we have felt the
need to give some general
guidelines.
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The cost for the
sculpture (or at least
the bulk of it) should
be coming from the
parents, spouse or
siblings of an American
service member killed
while serving on active
duty.
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We will also extend this
discount to active duty
or reserve units that
wish to purchase this
sculpture to honor their
fallen comrades because
we understand that to
the fallen and the
surviving member of
their unit they are
family.
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The fallen
service member's name
should be prominently
displayed somewhere on
the memorial or
monument. Believe
it or not, we have had
civic and governmental
organizations try to use
the family of a fallen
service member to obtain
a discount for a
monument or memorial to
"all" veterans with no
plans to even mention
the specific fallen
service member.
However, we have
encountered situations
where cities and towns
and even schools would
not allow a family to
put up an individual
memorial for fear that
they would set a
precedent and would then
be required to allow
anyone to erect a
monument or memorial to
lost loved ones on
public property.
You can imagine that
over time the area could
become crowded with
memorials. If you
encounter this situation
we recommend that you
propose a general
veteran's memorial with
a second plaque that
explains it was erected
in the memory of your
lost loved one.





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Questions?
Contact us at:
The
Large Art Company
6500 Old Harford Road
Baltimore, MD 21214
(800) 785-4Art (4278) toll free
(410) 426-3844 local and direct
(410) 426-3945 fax
info@largeart.com
email
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