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Richard Halliburton

2000 North Parkway, Memphis, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 35° 9' 12.747204", -89° 59' 23.790192"
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Traveler-Author-Lecturer
Born 1900-Lost at sea 1939
This tower is dedicated to
memorialize
his wonderful life of action,
romance and courage,
Erected by his parents
Wesley and Nelle Nance
Halliburton 1961-1962
In daring a modern Icarus
He flew too near the sun.
“I wanted freedom, freedom to indulge in whatever caprice struck my fancy.
Freedom to search in the farthermost corners of the earth for the beautiful,
the joyous and the romantic.” The Royal Road to Romance

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
   
 
 
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