Halliburton Plaque
Richard Halliburton Memorial Tower, provided by the late Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Halliburton, Memphis, parents of the distinguished world traveler and author Richard Halliburton, was dedicated October 17, 1962. Halliburton was lost at sea in 1939 and the plaque reads in part, "Daring a modern Icarus, he flew too near the sun."