After five years of hard work, the Niagara Falls Veterans Memorial Commission is pleased to announce the expected arrival of the first pieces of Vermont granite and the assembly of the monument dedicated to those Niagara Falls servicemen and servicewomen who gave their lives as a result of service to our nation.
The Commission expects the arrival to be at Niagara Falls, Hyde Park on the corner of Hyde Park Boulevard (NY 61) and Pine Avenue (US-62) this afternoon.
The long overdue monument resulted from the controversy of the difficulty in renaming streets after veterans who lost their lives in combat. It was decided that since soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, Coast Guarders and merchant marines served the nation together in a common cause that they should thusly be honored together. The monument will be a part of a series of monuments honoring veterans both deceased and living; and, upon completion of the park, the commission forecasts a final price tag of up to $4.1-million dollars.