The letters Q, C and P have never been used to spell the word “FREEDOM”—until now, that is. That’s because QCP was recently tapped to help complete Grand Terrace, California’s Wall of Freedom, a new monument built to honor the selfless American men and women who have served our country so well.

As an American-born company that has produced high-quality, American-made products for the past 40 years, we couldn’t have been more proud to help pay tribute to our nation’s bravery—or to take on another custom production job that would put our skills to the test.

The Wall of Freedom began construction in 2011 in Pico Park, but it wasn’t until the project neared completion that QCP came on the scene. Bob Lavin, Chairman of the Grand Terrace Veterans Wall of Freedom committee first learned of us through Mathieu Zamora, the Color Guard Captain of the Colton NJROTC unit. Mathieu happens to be the son of Robert Zamora, QCP’s longtime IT Manager, so he knew better than anyone that we’d be able to deliver the high-quality focal point the monument demanded.

Rising to the challenge, our Custom Products team created the Wall of Freedom by constructing the monument’s colossal, six-foot concrete letters. True to our reputation, we molded, poured, detailed and delivered the letters in a timely fashion so that the tribute could be revealed to the public in time to commemorate Veterans Day.

The reveal ceremony provided the Grand Terrace community with a meaningful way to celebrate the holiday and to recognize those who have served. QCP’s enormous concrete letters are a bold reminder of the priceless privilege of freedom that our veterans have fought to protect. In the future, the front of the freedom letters will be filled with plaques honoring over 1,700 individual veterans (learn more at veteranswalloffreedom.org).

Overall, the Wall of Freedom project gave us a unique opportunity to honor our veterans by doing what we do best: building high-quality American made products. We’d like to thank all U.S. Military men and women, past and present, for your service and your inspiration—we couldn’t have done it without you.