Rockwall County will get a place to honor its veterans
January 11, 2010 -
The headline promises Rockwall County’s planned veterans memorial will be “completely modern and new in every way.”
The date on the yellowed newsprint is March 2, 1945, the name of the newspaper has been lost to history and that memorial never happened.
But things have changed. The news now is that Rockwall County finally will have a place to honor its vets.
“The community is excited,” said Lee Gilbert, a Vietnam veteran, past commander of the Rockwall County American Legion and a member of the county’s memorial committee. “I haven’t heard from anyone who wasn’t supportive.”
County commissioners have set aside $500,000 for the project – apart from the budget for the new courthouse – and asked for design proposals. Ten came in before the Dec. 8 deadline.
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