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Kiosk helps city honor vets

April 10, 2011

Honoring veterans of Burleson, Texas is a little easier with Operation Remember, a kiosk project in the city's Veteran's Memorial Park. 

The park features a fountain surrounded by memorial bricks to pay tribute to those who have served in the armed forces, and the new Operation Remember kiosk helps visitors quickly locate a veteran's memorial brick. The kiosk screen shows a picture of the brick, photos of the veteran during their time in service, and videos of their personal account of war. The bricks are donated by residents in honor of the veterans in their family.

Kioware developed the interactive kiosk technology, which also provides the city with the ability to update the kiosk as new bricks are purchased.

Visitors can search for a veteran by name, branch, war or geographic location. This search functionality was also expanded to the city's website, where users can find more information about the park, purchase bricks, sign up to volunteer or raise funds for the project.

The videotaped personal accounts are also given to the local library and submitted to the Library of Congress, where they are available in a national online database as well as to Library of Congress visitors.

"Every community has a special obligation to preserve its own history," said Mayor Ken Shetter. "What I love most about our veterans' kiosk is that it incorporates new technology in a way that will perpetually encourage our younger generations to discover the vital contributions of our older generations."

Analytical Design Solutions Inc. (ADSI) developed the kiosk application, using KioWare Kiosk Software to secure the application. OneSource Interactive provided the Eurotouch kiosk hardware.