12/10/12 - Residents and businesses can now purchase commemorative bricks to be part of the new veteransâ memorial planned for the Brighton Mill Pond. Veteransâ Memorial Committee Chairman Bryan Bradford tells WHMI the new monument will be a major step up from the existing rock. It will be shaped like a horseshoe, with the walkway around it dubbed the âWalk of Heroesâ made of bricks purchased by local residents or organizations. Each brick will feature only the name of a veteran chosen by the sponsor, and if the sponsor does not know any veterans they wish to sponsor the Memorial Committee will help find one through local veteransâ associations. Bricks will cost $100 each plus $15 for the printing process and will be on sale through June. As many as 850 bricks will be sold. The memorial itself will represent all five branches of the military, and the centerpiece will include the existing rock on top of a replica pillbox fortification. A dedication and opening of the new memorial is planned for Veteranâs Day 2013. Bradford adds the new memorial will be a tribute to all veterans, including wartime, peacetime, active, and reservist soldiers, whereas the plaque on the current monument specifies only wartime veterans. For more information, follow the link posted at WHMI.com. He adds that purchasing and dedicating a brick can be done as a Christmas gift for a veteran. (TD)
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