The Pennsylvania DUI Association, in conjunction with Upper Macungie Township Police Department, recently brought the association's DUI Victims Moving Memorial to the Lehigh Valley to raise awareness about impaired driving.

Lehigh Valley residents could visit the memorial Dec. 23, 2014, in the lot of Weis Market, Fogelsville.

An interior handpainted garden in the memorial features a 25-foot wall printed with 2,000 names of men, women and children killed in DUI crashes over the years in the commonwealth.

The memorial replicates the stationary Pennsylvania DUI Victims Memorial Garden at the association's headquarters in Harrisburg.

In addition to the garden setting and names on the inside wall, the back shows a picture of the original memorial garden with law enforcement officers surrounding an America flag and the words "Never a Day Passes That We Do Not Remember" featured in the background.

George Geisler, with the Pennsylvania DUI Association, spoke with The Press about the two memorials.

"The original garden began in 2003 by C. Stephen Erni, executive director with the Pennsylvania DUI Association," Geisler said.

"Never a Day Passes That We Do Not Remember," is the title of a poem written by the Rev. Allen G. Downey in December 1993.

"The Rev. Downey dedicated his poem 'to those whose lives have been robbed by the violent crime of impaired driving and those who remain to bear the pain,'" Geisler explained.

Upper Macungie police officers were on hand to answer questions, remind visitors of the seriousness of driving impaired and to say they vigilantly patrol the highways for impaired drivers.

Upper Macungie Police Lt. Pete Nickischer also commented on the memorial and impaired driving.

"Thousands of Pennsylvania families have needlessly lost loved ones at the hands of someone who made the conscious decision after drinking to get behind the wheel of a vehicle and drive on our highways…" Nickischer said. "This moving memorial is a tribute to those victims."

The Memorial Garden in Harrisburg can be viewed at padui.org.