Medal of Honor Hero Dakota Meyer stands up for veterans

Honored veteran stands up for VA site
Environmental hearing about location draws Dakota Meyer

Apr. 19, 2012
Supporters of the proposed Veterans Administration hospital on Brownsboro Road couldn’t have asked for a better advocate than Dakota Meyer, the Kentuckian who received the Medal of Honor for his bravery in a firefight in Afghanistan.

Dressed in a suit and tie, Marine Corps veteran Meyer was second in a long line of speakers at a public meeting Wednesday at Kammerer Middle School. And he had a message for the hundreds of area residents who don’t want the hospital built in their backyards:


“Us as veterans, it wasn’t an inconvenience for us and our families when we went out and we fought for you to be free in this country,” Meyer said.

Meyer received cheers and a standing ovation, but his endorsement didn’t seem to change the minds of about two dozen speakers. Most said traffic is already terrible in the area and that the hospital would be better off the Gene Snyder Freeway in eastern Jefferson County or downtown.
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