Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The gazebo will be located outside of The Heights community center.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Donations are being accepted for a Veterans' Memorial Gazebo planned outside of The Heights community center along Dale Avenue. The Veterans' Memorial Committee also has launched a website, vetsmemorial.org, at which donations may be made. "While the Memorial will honor all major branches of military services and commemorate the various conflicts in which our nation has been engaged, individual tributes from friends and family will be available through the purchase of paver bricks to be laid within and around the Memorial," a news release issued Tuesday states. "Specific complementary features such as benches, flagpoles, reflective areas, lighting and landscaping can be sponsored as tax-deductible donations/contributions to the Memorial." …
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Friday, June 29, 2012
Harlie Frankel told Richmond Heights City Council this month that he thinks another St. Louis veterans memorial isn't an appropriate use of resources.
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Friday, June 29, 2012
One Richmond Heights resident isn't thrilled about the prospect of placing a memorial gazebo honoring military veterans near The Heights community center. "I think it's a duplication of services," Harlie Frankel told City Council at its June 4 meeting. He said St. Louis already has a veterans memorial, a reference to Soldiers Memorial Military Museum in St. Louis city. That site honors World War I veterans and also hosts exhibits that pay tribute to veterans of other conflicts. A group of volunteers plans to raise funds to build a covered Veterans' Memorial Gazebo that would honor veterans and host small-scale events. The facility would be completed next year in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of Richmond Heights. Frankel said he's …
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
A design presentation will be made Thursday at The Heights community center.
Richmond Heights residents interested in getting a closer look at plans for a new Veterans' Memorial Gazebo can attend a meeting scheduled Thursday. "It's a very broad purpose," Chairman Ken Heinz of the 12-person Veterans' Memorial Gazebo Committee said this week. "This is not a war memorial, this is not a peace memorial, this is designed to honor all those who serve. And I think it has great functionality in that regard." The structure is expected to be located southwest of the circle drive outside The Heights community center, between the east and west parking lots. Its construction would coincide with the city's 100th anniversary next year. Design attributes include a roof with a peaked top similar to that on The Heights and the public…
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Peppie Goevert
10:03 am on Monday, July 2, 2012
What resources are being used if this is to be paid for by fundraising? Continuing to honor our veterans is a way to bring people of all kinds together and to celebrate our country and keeping our American spirit alive. Thank you Richmond Heights for doing something that is positive and for honoring our veterans. more ›