The realignment of Veterans Memorial Park will be celebrated with a small ceremony this Monday, Memorial Day. The city's monuments to its veterans have been consolidated at the front section of the park to create a space for people to come and pay tribute to its veterans. On Tuesday, Eric and Don Piper of Nicoletti Memorials with the help of a front loader from Caron Building operated by Dan Caron moved the Civil War memorial from the back of the park to the front with the rest of the memorials. (BARBARA TETREAULT PHOTO)
The realignment of Veterans Memorial Park will be celebrated with a small ceremony this Monday, Memorial Day. The city's monuments to its veterans have been consolidated at the front section of the park to create a space for people to come and pay tribute to its veterans. On Tuesday, Eric and Don Piper of Nicoletti Memorials with the help of a front loader from Caron Building operated by Dan Caron moved the Civil War memorial from the back of the park to the front with the rest of the memorials. (BARBARA TETREAULT PHOTO)
The Berlin VFW , with the blessing of the city, has consolidated the various war monuments in the front section of Veterans part on Glen Avenue. Spearheading the effort has been Korean War veteran Maurice Mailhot. Mailhot designed and paid for the granite sign designating Veterans Memorial Park. (BARBARA TETREAULT PHOTO)
The realignment of Veterans Memorial Park will be celebrated with a small ceremony this Monday, Memorial Day. The city's monuments to its veterans have been consolidated at the front section of the park to create a space for people to come and pay tribute to its veterans. On Tuesday, Eric and Don Piper of Nicoletti Memorials with the help of a front loader from Caron Building operated by Dan Caron moved the Civil War memorial from the back of the park to the front with the rest of the memorials. (BARBARA TETREAULT PHOTO)
The realignment of Veterans Memorial Park will be celebrated with a small ceremony this Monday, Memorial Day. The city's monuments to its veterans have been consolidated at the front section of the park to create a space for people to come and pay tribute to its veterans. On Tuesday, Eric and Don Piper of Nicoletti Memorials with the help of a front loader from Caron Building operated by Dan Caron moved the Civil War memorial from the back of the park to the front with the rest of the memorials. (BARBARA TETREAULT PHOTO)
The Berlin VFW , with the blessing of the city, has consolidated the various war monuments in the front section of Veterans part on Glen Avenue. Spearheading the effort has been Korean War veteran Maurice Mailhot. Mailhot designed and paid for the granite sign designating Veterans Memorial Park. (BARBARA TETREAULT PHOTO)
BERLIN — This Memorial Day, the city will recognize its veterans with a newly realigned Veterans Memorial Park that now holds the Spanish American War Monument, as well as memorials or markers for all the country’s wars.
On Monday, Mayor Paul Grenier will unveil a new granite sign designating the park. The sign is a donation by Korean War veteran Maurice Mailhot, who spearheaded the project for VFW Post 2520.
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