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A live oak damaged by Hurricane Katrina was carved into an eagle by Marlin Miller of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, in War Memorial Park on Highway 90, Pass Christian, Mississippi. The sculpture is dedicated to Col. Lawrence Roberts, a Tuskegee Airman, according to Miller (CNN, 2009). Sources give its height as 17 or 25 feet.
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Katrina tree eagle sculpture (17 ft) War Memorial Park
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Among the roughly 50 sculptures carved from Katrina-damaged trees along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the eagle in Pass Christian stands in War Memorial Park on Highway 90. It was carved by Marlin Miller of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, from a southern live oak damaged by the hurricane.
Miller told CNN in 2009 that it is dedicated to Col. Lawrence Roberts, "one of the original Tuskegee Airmen". The Clarke County Tribune, in a 2025 article ahead of the storm's 20th anniversary, says the tree was dedicated in 2009 to Colonel Roberts, father of Pass Christian native Robin Roberts of ABC's Good Morning America.
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A carved eagle in War Memorial Park beside Highway 90, one of about 50 Katrina tree sculptures along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The Clarke County Tribune placed the eagle in War Memorial Park in 2025.
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War Memorial Park, US Highway 90, Pass Christian, Mississippi. A public park beside the highway; the carving can be viewed from the park (Clarke County Tribune, July 2025).
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