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Pogue in the News
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ETERNAL
FLAME LIT AT
VETERANS MEMORIAL
Wednesday, September 24,
2003
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The eternal flame burns brightly
at the O'Fallon Veterans Memorial Walk |
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| ST. LOUIS
POST-DISPATCH |
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Saturday, September
20, 2003 |
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O'Fallon
commemorates MIAs with eternal flame at memorial
By Tommy Robertson
of the
Post-Dispatch |
An eternal flame was added Friday to the O'Fallon (Mo.) Veterans
Memorial Walk during a ceremony commemorating recognition of
Americans who remain prisoners of war or missing in action.
Officials
estimated that more than 500 veterans and residents attended the
event, which Mike Kerman, the keynote speaker, said was important as
a reminder that some of America's soldiers still are not yet home.
Kernan,
a Marine veteran and former police chief in O'Fallon, said the flame
and the nearby POW/MIA flag were important symbols "to remember
those for whom the final bugle has not yet blown."
The
ceremony was held on POW/MIA Recognition Day and the lightning of
the flame marked the first addition to the memorial since it was
dedicated in November 2001.
The
city's veterans memorial known simply as The Walk, sits on a 1.7
acre site south of Interstate 70 at Veterans Memorial Parkway and
Belleau Creek Road. The memorial features five marble blocks, each
bearing an insignia of the five branches of the armed forces, and
bronze boots.
O'Fallon
Mayor Paul Renaud said representatives from his city met with
officials from St Louis early Friday to transport a flame from the
Soldiers Memorial downtown to O'Fallon.
"The
flame, and all it stands for, has given us an unusual
opportunity," Renaud told the crowd.
"We
have found, ladies and gentleman, a new open door. My hope is that
today's event will move regionalism another step forward," he
said.
The
city's Board of Alderman in August awarded a $13,900 contract to Larry
Pogue, a Navy veteran of Washington, Mo., to design and
supervise the flame project.
"Artists
work from life experiences," said Pogue.
"Looking
at the Olympics and seeing the torch they use there was in the back
of my mind somewhere," he said |
To view the POW-MIA
Recognition Day Program click the image below. |
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