This past Tuesday, I joined around 300-400 others at Veterans Park in downtown McHenry for the dedication of this. It was a really crummy cold, drizzly day and no fun to be out there on that count, but a very worthwhile one on a much larger scale.
McHenry's VFW, American Legion, Polish Legion and the Marine Corps League were in attendance as well.
The city was honoring four young men who graduated from McHenry High School, three in 1964 and one in 1967, who gave their lives there all those years ago. This has been an ongoing effort for the past 14 years by the Class of '64 and one man in particular, but I didn't catch his name.
We had several speeches and McHenry's mayor called this a beautiful day for McHenry despite the weather. It was.
Then, the families of the four fallen were introduced.
The monument stands in the southeast corner of the park and has four benches around it, one for each man. The stone has their names, a map of South Vietnam showing where each fell and pictures on the back of it.
As a member of the Vietnam Generation, I was especially appreciative of all the efforts..
It Is a Very Fitting Memorial.
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