Village to Dedicate Restored Veterans Memorial

Photo: A portion of the veterans memorial damaged by vandals in Sept. 2014.

The Village of New Lenox has restored its veterans memorial to pristine condition, after vandals damaged it last year.

Residents rallied to raise the funds to repair the memorial, raising $55,000. These funds enabled complete restoration of the monuments and permitted an additional expansion to be constructed to honor the Fallen Soldiers and Purple Heart Veterans.

The memorial will be re-dedicated on Saturday, August 22—11 years after its original dedication.

• The 5 Original service monuments replaced with similar design
• Entrance monument replaced with an upgraded size and brushed aluminum dedication plaque
• Extension wing added with a new Purple Heart monument and flag to include new paver area
• Extension wing added with a fallen soldier monument and flag to include new paver area
• Sound system added that plays Taps every day at sunset
• Additional landscape improvements

The work is expected to be finished by the big day.