Sundial 90
- Dial City: Frankfort
- Dial State/Province: Kentucky
- Dial Country: USA
- Lat: 38° 10.629' N
- Dial Nr: 90
- Dial Type: Horizontal Dial
- Dial Access: Public
- Lon: 84° 51.843' W
- Dial Owner: State of Kentucky
- Dial Designer: Helm Roberts
- Dial Maker: TRACO and GRW, supervised by Helm Roberts
- Dial Date: 11 Nov 1987 started, 12 Nov 1988 dedicated
- Location:
- Coffee Tree Road, Near Frankfort KY. Address is 365 Vernon Cooper Lane
- Description:
- The Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial features a 7090 square foot plaza with a monumental 86x68 foot horizontal dial of granite slabs with a 14.6 foot high gnomon of welded stainless steel plates. The dial design places the shadow of the tip of the gnomon on each veteran's names on the anniversary of his or her death. MIA names are engraved in an area where the shadow never falls. When the memorial was dedicated on 12 Nov 1988 there were 1065 names etched in the granite plaza, the dial face of the sundial.. In 2025 there are now 1110 names etched into plaza granite.. The dial face identifies one hour of time for each year of the 1962-1975 Vietnam War. The 327 granite slabs from the Pyramid Blue quarry in Elberton, Georgia are a maximum of 12x3 feet, are 4 inches thick and are placed atop 800 concrete piers 28 inches high to provide drainage and protection from frost heaving.
- Inscription:
- Inscribed around the gnomon, radiating like spokes, are lines from the Book of Ecclesiastes: "For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven..."
- Other References:
- Sky & Telescope, April 1991, p.354.
- Southern Living, May 1994, p.32.
Last Update:
2025-12-10 14:18