Foundation blames budget for Medal of Honor Grove's woes

Foundation blames budget for Medal of Honor Grove's woes
Published: Monday, August 09, 2010


By Anne Pickering

The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge in a July 30 open letter defended its actions in concentrating its financial resources on its educational mission rather than in maintaining the Medal of Honor Grove.

“We intend no disrespect to the Medal of Honor recipients; however, the cost of maintaining the 52 acres is huge and has been a struggle for some time,” wrote Michael Di Yeso, president and CEO of the Freedoms Foundation.

“When faced with the costs of educating young people versus the cost of maintaining the grove, we have been forced to make difficult decisions.”

The letter, which was written to state Sen. Andrew Dinniman, D-19th, of West Whiteland, and the community responds to a letter Dinniman wrote to the foundation asking why the grove had been allowed to fall into disrepair.
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Foundation blames budget for Medal of Honor Grove woes