Veterans' memorial dedication set

Veterans' memorial dedication set
Buzz up!By Jeff Pikulsky, VALLEY INDEPENDENT
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Last updated: 11:09 am

NEW EAGLE - Borough officials and residents Saturday will unveil a rebuilt veterans' memorial that's been five years in the making.

A dedication ceremony will take place 11 a.m. at the monument on Main Street outside of the Ringgold School District administration building.

Borough residents formed the New Eagle Veterans' Memorial Committee in 2004 to raise $50,000 so the monument could be expanded and updated.

The original memorial, built in 1948, showed names of New Eagle residents that served in World War I and II.

Plaques on the old memorial recognized that soldiers from the area served in the Persian Gulf, Korean and Vietnam wars - but their names were not listed.

Those names - and many more - are on the new memorial wall.

Memorial committee member Arch Caseber, a Vietnam veteran, said there are more than 2,000 names on the new monument, with room for 500 to 600 more.

The names of those involved in such smaller military engagements such as the conflicts in Grenada and Panama are included.

Coast Guard member names are also displayed - a tribute Caseber said some memorials miss.

"They really didn't get much recognition from World War II," he said.
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