2022
Glenlakes Veterans
Memorial Wall Project
GLVFA Memorial Wall - Core Values
REFLECTION – “serious thought or consideration”
This memorial will hopefully provide a place of solace for the veterans, their relatives, and visitors to reflect on the service and duty of those we honor.
HONOR – “a privilege”
Most Veterans consider it a high privilege to have served our nation. It becomes our privilege to honor the servicemen and women represented by this monument and memorial. Honor also alludes to “fulfilling an obligation”. Since our veterans fulfilled and are continuing to fulfill their obligations, this memorial will serve to satisfy our obligation to them.
REMEMBRANCE – “a thing kept or given as a reminder or in commemoration of someone”
How we remember is important. How we memorialize our veterans is critical. This memorial will provide a permanent and positive habitat to enshrine in our memory the lives of our veterans.
RECOGNITION – “appreciation or acclaim for an achievement, service, or ability”
Saying our veterans deserve acclaim for their achievements are one of the great understatements of our time. Our very existence as a nation has depended upon our armed services. This memorial will echo the deep appreciation of our community to our service men and women
This memorial will hopefully provide a place of solace for the veterans, their relatives, and visitors to reflect on the service and duty of those we honor.
HONOR – “a privilege”
Most Veterans consider it a high privilege to have served our nation. It becomes our privilege to honor the servicemen and women represented by this monument and memorial. Honor also alludes to “fulfilling an obligation”. Since our veterans fulfilled and are continuing to fulfill their obligations, this memorial will serve to satisfy our obligation to them.
REMEMBRANCE – “a thing kept or given as a reminder or in commemoration of someone”
How we remember is important. How we memorialize our veterans is critical. This memorial will provide a permanent and positive habitat to enshrine in our memory the lives of our veterans.
RECOGNITION – “appreciation or acclaim for an achievement, service, or ability”
Saying our veterans deserve acclaim for their achievements are one of the great understatements of our time. Our very existence as a nation has depended upon our armed services. This memorial will echo the deep appreciation of our community to our service men and women
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Memorial Project Activities
March 2022: The project is in the design phase. GLVFA leadership is working hard to finalize plans for the memorial. Project manager Dickie Keane is working on finalizing the engineering plans for the memorial. Please reference the conceptual design picture on the left side of this page.
April 2022: GLVFA association, led by Ron Ford, Denny Blum, and George Friel along with other association members has secured a physical location for the memorial. The engineering design for the memorial is nearly complete. The project flyer has been created and is now being distributed.
May 2022: GLVFA project manager Dickie Keane has been working towards securing finalized costs with contractors. Due to several specific memorial design requirements, this is a long process.
5/20 Initial project costing from the vendor has been received. Details of the line-item costs will be reviewed and discussed with the vendor prior to end of moth. Dickie Keane is leading this effort and will be meeting with the vendor later this month.
5/21 Dickie met with another local community to discuss their ongoing memorial project effort. Knowledge transfer of construction specifics along with lessons learned were the focus of the visit. This visit will aid in developing the GLVFA memorial.
** Further details will be posted here as they develop.
April 2022: GLVFA association, led by Ron Ford, Denny Blum, and George Friel along with other association members has secured a physical location for the memorial. The engineering design for the memorial is nearly complete. The project flyer has been created and is now being distributed.
May 2022: GLVFA project manager Dickie Keane has been working towards securing finalized costs with contractors. Due to several specific memorial design requirements, this is a long process.
5/20 Initial project costing from the vendor has been received. Details of the line-item costs will be reviewed and discussed with the vendor prior to end of moth. Dickie Keane is leading this effort and will be meeting with the vendor later this month.
5/21 Dickie met with another local community to discuss their ongoing memorial project effort. Knowledge transfer of construction specifics along with lessons learned were the focus of the visit. This visit will aid in developing the GLVFA memorial.
** Further details will be posted here as they develop.