{"id":17062,"date":"2023-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=17062"},"modified":"2023-06-30T06:42:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T06:42:26","slug":"street-naming-project-establishes-new-legacy-at-dulmen-tower-barracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=17062","title":{"rendered":"Street naming project establishes new legacy at D\u00fclmen Tower Barracks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Col. Lindsay R. Matthews, U.S. Army Garrison Benelux commander, and Carsten H\u00f6vekamp, D\u00fclmen b\u00fcrgermeister [German: mayor], (left) prepare to unveil a street signpost during a ceremony on D\u00fclmen Tower Barracks, Germany, June 28, 2023. The signpost, which identified the intersection of Tuzostrasse and North Atlanta Avenue, marked a major milestone in an ongoing project to name each street on the site. (U.S. Army photo by Char\u00e9ll de Koster, USAG Benelux Public Affairs)
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\n Col. Lindsay R. Matthews, U.S. Army Garrison Benelux commander, and Carsten H\u00f6vekamp, D\u00fclmen b\u00fcrgermeister [German: mayor], (left) unveil the first-ever street signpost on D\u00fclmen Tower Barracks, Germany, during a street naming celebration June 28, 2023. Prior to the ceremony, none of the streets on the installation had ever had an official name. (U.S. Army photo by Char\u00e9ll de Koster, USAG Benelux Public Affairs)
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D\u00dcLMEN TOWER BARRACKS, Germany \u2013 Members of U.S. Army Garrison Benelux gathered alongside mission partners and local community leaders for a street naming ceremony at the D\u00fclmen Tower Barracks Army Prepositioned Stock-2 site June 28.<\/p>\n

During the event, the garrison unveiled a signpost at the intersection of North Atlanta Avenue and Tuzostrasse as the first ever street sign for the installation. The celebration marked a major milestone in an ongoing project to name each street on the site in an effort to improve navigation and provide a greater sense of community for employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though it is a simple ceremony, it will establish an enduring legacy,\u201d Col. Lindsay R. Matthews, USAG Benelux commander, said during the unveiling. \u201cIt\u2019s my hope that the naming of these streets is reflective of our commitment to investing in the long-term success of D\u00fclmen Tower Barracks and the city of D\u00fclmen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Until this point, none of the streets on D\u00fclmen Tower Barracks had been named. This is the first time a project has been undertaken to create signposts to stake into the ground at every intersection.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been here since 2018, and it\u2019s always been a challenge…to tell people where things are situated or located because we don\u2019t have street names,\u201d said Christopher Howe, Directorate of Public Works facility manager at D\u00fclmen Tower Barracks.<\/p>\n

One of the primary drives to initiate the project was the need to give precise directions to emergency personnel when arriving on the installation. Without street names navigation relied on use of building numbers, which wasn\u2019t always efficient.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s problematic because you don\u2019t know where anything is [without street names],\u201d said Daniel Jones, D\u00fclmen Tower Barracks site manager during an interview prior to the unveiling ceremony.<\/p>\n

The installation\u2019s main street leading from Bundesstrasse 474 has been designated as Tuzostrasse, matching the existing street name outside the gate. This helps preserve the tribute to former Commander in Chief of the British Army of the Rhine, General Sir Harry Tuzo, who opened D\u00fclmen Tower Barracks in 1974 as a materiel depot for the British forces.<\/p>\n

Streets running from east to west on the site have been given native European tree identifiers such as Maple and Apple. Care was taken to make sure the chosen names were recognizable and pronounceable by local nationals. The names have been officially approved and the signs are currently in production.<\/p>\n

There are even plans to plant a few trees on the corresponding streets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe seven tree street names affirm our commitment to preserve and protect the environment,\u201d Matthews said. \u201cToday we\u2019re planting the seeds, figuratively and a little bit literally, that will provide the shade for our children and future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The streets running north and south have been named after American cities such as Houston, Glendale and New York. To further deepen the legacy of the project, there are plans to reach out to each of the cities used as street names to create a symbolic partnership and international tie.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Army originally acquired D\u00fclmen Tower Barracks in 2016, and the completion of this project will add another milestone to the site\u2019s historical record.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis really establishes D\u00fclmen [Tower Barracks],\u201d said Howe. \u201cNow we have an installation that has street names\u2026remembers its legacy of General Tuzo\u2026and has a bit of American flair.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 \/ 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption \u2013 Col. Lindsay R. Matthews, U.S. Army Garrison Benelux commander, and Carsten H\u00f6vekamp, D\u00fclmen b\u00fcrgermeister [German: mayor], (left) prepare to unveil a street signpost during a ceremony on D\u00fclmen Tower Barracks, Germany, June 28, 2023. The signpost, which identified the intersection of Tuzostrasse and North Atlanta Avenue, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17064,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17062"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17067,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17062\/revisions\/17067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}