Communities Restore Vietnam Memorials and Dedicate New Tributes Ahead of Veterans Day

Communities across Ohio, Illinois and New York dedicated Veterans Day memorials honoring military service, sacrifice and veterans’ families. Springboro’s memorial also recognizes Vietnamese people who died in postwar re-education camps and refugees who resettled in the United States, while Hanover’s ceremony included a time capsule to be opened in 2076. In Yorktown, Boy Scouts and local supporters restored the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Lakeland High School ahead of a Veterans Day parade and tribute. In Louisville, veterans and a councilman are upgrading a long-neglected Vietnam memorial with public funding, including landscaping and repairs to its bell and sound system; in Choctaw, veterans and community members are rebuilding a damaged cemetery memorial, aiming to finish by spring. In Greater Manchester, veterans and volunteers created a roadside memorial featuring thousands of poppies and crosses; the nonprofit behind it also provides assistance dogs to veterans and emergency-services workers experiencing trauma.