Derby veterans unveiled five monuments the park had missed
At Derby Veterans Park, local veterans dedicated four monuments for wars the 1866 park had never marked, and a fifth for everyone else who served.
.jpg){kind=link}
Read the original
The reporting lives at WCAX. Our summary is checked against it, and we link it on every story.
Local veterans unveiled five new monuments at Derby Veterans Park on Saturday, WCAX reported. The park was built in 1866. Four of the monuments honor wars the park had never marked. The fifth is for everyone else who served.
Jeffrey Young, who joined the Army in 1997 and deployed with the Vermont National Guard, helped lay wreaths at the new stones. He said much of what veterans do is peacetime work and duty back home, and that the waiting can be harder on a family than on the person in uniform. His stepson now serves with the Vermont National Guard. Maj. Gen. Henry Harder told the crowd the monument recognizes everyone who has worn the uniform, in peace or in war, and that the Northeast Kingdom has stood by its veterans for a long time.
More good news
Other stories in the same neighborhood of kindness.
CommunityScuba divers carve pumpkins underwater in Lake Champlain
Divers carved pumpkins in 51-degree water in Lake Champlain off Burlington to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Verified · WCAX
HeroesA Hays nursing aide turns a class project into free comfort kits
Addy Couchman, a certified nursing assistant and Fort Hays State student, turned a class project into free comfort kits for patients at the Dreiling/Schmidt Cancer Institute at HaysMed.
Verified · Hays311
HeroesA 10-year-old in Dubai published a dog's story and gave the earnings away
Aryahi Tiwari's first book, Paw-sitively Royal, is told from a dog's point of view. She has pledged the money it earns to animal welfare and says Dh5,000 has already gone out.
Verified · Gulf News