| Jerry Taylor Veterans Plaza | |
| Location: | Sunnyside, Washington |
| Material: | Gray and black granite panels |
| Length: | One city block (approx. 150m (490feet)) |
| Weight: | 114000lb partially completed in 2021 (6000lb per panel) |
| Begin: | 2014 |
| Dedicated To: | Veterans of Sunnyside |
| Coordinates: | 46.3231°N -120.0086°W |
Jerry Taylor Veterans Plaza is a plaza with a veterans memorial in Sunnyside, Washington. The plaza was dedicated in 1977, named for former Sunnyside mayor and World War II veteran Jerry Taylor.[1]
An effort to rebuild the plaza as a veterans memorial began at least as early as 2006.[2] Construction of the memorial began in 2014, with four panels by 2016,[3] and as of 2021, the memorial consisted of nineteen 6000lb blocks of granite spanning the length of a city block on South 9th Street. The memorial is planned to contain 42 blocks when done and will be the largest such memorial in the Pacific Northwest.[4] In addition to lists of names of servicemembers, some panels contain informative text on post-traumatic stress disorder or other issues relevant to veterans' affairs. One of the components of the installation is a 9/11 memorial.