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Article: Kudos to towns that remember their veterans
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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Here's to the many Maine towns and cities that have erected new
veterans memorials in recent years.
Hampden, Holden and Carmel are just three of the communities that
come to mind. I remember well Carmel's many calls to the public for
the names of veterans to be honored on its memorial.
Still other communities are in the midst of raising money to put
up a suitable memorial, or replace an old one.
I enjoy visiting the walkways of pavers that some towns have
created to help with the fundraising. It was like a visit to history
the first time I went to Holden's memorial.
And I never get tired of studying the names engraved in the
walkway at the Maine Korean War Memorial at Mount Hope Cemetery in ...