Volunteers ready veterans memorials ahead of dedications in three towns

RAF veteran Brian Holland relies on his assistance dog, Marine, for companionship and greater independence, and Hounds for Heroes can retrain dogs as handlers’ needs change. A guide to veterans’ memorials across Maine notes monuments spanning wars from the Civil War onward; the Maine Korean War Veterans Association plans a Veterans Day observance at Mount Hope Cemetery. In Huntertown, Indiana, volunteers and local businesses are completing an all-branches veterans memorial in a community park, with a dedication planned for Veterans Day. In Billericay, volunteers Mark Thomas and Jo Fisher cleaned the war memorial ahead of Remembrance Sunday, and Thomas was recognized for his community service.