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Not all local veterans support another Veteran's memorial

Posted: Wed, Aug 28, 2019 4:05 PM

A group of local veterans continues to work on plans for a veterans memorial on city-owed property.� The latest site to be considered is Mary Christopher Park.

But several local veterans have written to city officials saying they do not think another veterans memorial is necessary.� The letters from Rick Brown, John Carver and Bob Watson mention several points:

"We have two current veterans/war monuments in Decorah.� The refurbished Civil War monument and the Blood, Sweat and Tears monument are both at the County Courthouse.� We don't need another monument."

"The veterans requesting this monument say they don't want it at a city park because children playing would get in the way of their being able to quietly contemplate while at the monument.� A monument at the busy City Hall would not be conducive to contemplation, either.� It should be somewhere else to get the quiet they want."

"If the city allows this monument, it could be somewhere on the bike trail where it would be in a quiet place for veterans and others to stop and think about veterans and war."