Please email our Website with announcements for approval by the Committee or call a Committee Member listed at the end of this page. Thank you.
Our Monthly Meetings are on the first Thursday
of each month at 7pm. Please check this website for change of date
or call a Committee Member to confirm the date each month. Contact information
is
at
the end
of this page.
Meeting Location: Amherst Police Department Building N.
Lake St. in Amherst, OH., next to the Memorial. All are welcome!
Take I-90 to the Oak Point-Lake St. Exit.
Head south on N. Lake St. one half mile. The Memorial
is located on the left (east) side of the road.
To the Friends and Family of the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
of Lorain County
Please join us as we recognize our Memorial donors & announce
the exciting plans for Phase II of the Memorial.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
VFW Post #1079 • 500 S. Abbe Road • Elyria, Ohio Doors open
at 5:30 (Cash Bar) Dinner at 6:30
$15 per Dinner. Seating is Limited.
Phone: Lynn at 440.967.7357 for questions or further information.
or Mail checks with RSVP by February 20 to:
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee of Lorain County
P.O. Box 258 • Lorain, OH 44052
Our
heartfelt thanks to Kathy Nord, sister of James Frisina, for
her very generous donation in memory of her brother. Jim was a dedicated
Committee member. It is nice that Jim was able to see the fruit of his
labor before passing. His family will always have the Memorial to visit
and remember Jim.
Would you be able to doing a small sewing project? The flags at the Memorial are donated by our generous patrons. We would like to protect them against the strong Ohio winds a bit by having someone straight stich the edges of any new flag to avoid the shredding that rapidly occurs. Would that be something with which you could assist? Please email our website or call a Committee member (telephone numbers are listed at the end of this page) if you'd be able to help preserve our flags. Thank you!
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Committee
of Lorain County needs help with a project. We believe this could be
an excellent
project for a Boy Scout
who is working on his Eagle Scout goal. It also is excellent for any Girl
Scout, 4H member, or anyone interested in research and preservation. It
would require one who has great attention to detail, and is skilled using
a computer with knowledge of spreadsheets or tables or database software.
We have hundreds of engraved pavers, in sections and rows, at the Memorial.
These engraved pavers are dedicated to many veterans, living and dead, along
with various dedications to other very special people. We need to create
a map/grid/layout of the site, a spreadshet or some record
form of what is engraved (key words) on each paver in each row and section.
Many people
come
to the
Memorial looking for their paver(s) which they purchased. Unfortunately,
the pavers information has been passed and repassed over the years and computers
have crashed leaving no original record of the exact locations
of where they were installed. We want to solve that problem by creating
a labeled grid and database for them so when they want to know where their
paver is, we can tell them
the exact location. Please email our
Website should you be able to assist us in this much needed project.
Thank you.
All flagpoles have now been adopted!! The following individuals and organizations
have volunteered to provide flags and to change them when needed. Very special
thank you to:
American flag – American Legion Post # 118,
Amherst
Ohio flag – The Anderson Family (family of one the 98) of Sheffield
Lake
POW/MIA flag - Joe and Linda Horvath of Amherst
Army flag – Walter and June Attie of Amherst
Navy flag – VFW Post #1662, Amherst
Air Force flag – Amvets Post #47, Lorain
Marine flag – The Sam Tolley Family (family of one of the 98) of Colorado
Coast Guard flag – A group of retired Coast Guard personnel
Moving Wall in Elyria
The Moving Wall will be at the VFW 1079 APRIL 29 – MAY
5. Don Attie will be coordinating the opening events. If you have never visited
the Vietnam Wall Memorial in Washington D.C., this replica will move you
just as deeply. Visit, share your stories with others, help others grieve
and remember too with a visit to this Wall. For an article regarding the
wall visit The
Moving Wall Beginnings
Although it is early, please mark your calendars for The 22nd annual Memorial Day Vigil for 2009 on Saturday, May 23, 6 PM - Midnight. It is a special evening of welcoming and camaraderie. All visitors are appreciated. The opening ceremony is at 6 PM with a reading of the 98 names, special music, and a guest speaker. The names are read every 2 hours. The 98 and their families are never forgotten.
past announcements...
The First Anniversary of the Memorial
Dedication
Saturday, June 21, 11 AM
Plans are being made for a special reunion and ceremony to be held at the Memorial.
Our 98 sons have a beautiful tribute now to call theirs. The thank you's from
family throughout this year has been incredibly moving. However, it is the families
that breathed the soul into the Memorial. We sincerely thank you for all that
you have given us.
Please
return
for this first anniversary.
All will be in our thoughts and prayers
that day. Please contact us if you should have
any questions or suggestions.
The DVD of the Dedication is complete and
will be available at the First Anniversary of the Memorial Dedication
If you are unable to attend that day, feel free to
contact this website and arrangements
can be made for payment and delivery via U.S. Postal mail.
The Vigil -
The 21st annual Memorial Day Vigil on Saturday, May 24, 6 PM - Midnight was
held at the Memorial. What a beautiful tribute to the 98 Heroes! So simple, yet
so moving. Some stayed hours, some visitors
stayed minutes. All were welcomed and appreciated. It's sometimes difficult to
travel back in to that time. And yet, it is comforting to know others understand.
The consolation over our losses has found a safe place. Our 98 are honored
and remembered.
The
opening
ceremony
was
at
6
PM
with
a
reading
of
the
98
names,
special
music,
and
a guest
speaker. The names were read every 2 hours.Your loved ones, friends, and comrades
were remembered.
Congratulations to Don Attie! Don
was nominated as Veteran Of The Year. As Don said, "I'm honored just
to be nominated." And we are honored to have you working so hard for
our 98 Heroes, Don. Although he did not receive the award, a thunderous
standing ovation was given to Don when his name was mentioned by Lorain
Mayor Anthony Krasienko during his closing remarks. You are certainly our
Veteran Of The Year!
Need to Contact us?
website- Brenda Snell send email
**98
Reasons Why** 