The DeKalb County Commission has given it’s blessing for a new memorial to be erected on the courthouse grounds in tribute to all local military men and women who have died in service to our country.
County Mayor Mike Foster, during Monday night’s county commission meeting, said the project will require public input and community fundraisers. “We have talked about doing a memorial on the courthouse grounds. Since the Anderson boy (PFC Billy Anderson) was killed, we’ve had some people discuss putting up a memorial for him. But we have broadened it (idea) into maybe doing a fundraiser where the community is really involved in doing this and doing it for all wars.”
“I would personally like to see us do a fundraiser where the public is involved in it and that we make it (monument) big enough to put the names of people from World War I, World War II, Vietnam, Korea, the Iraqi and Afghanistan wars and have room on there for others (in the future). Rather than having a lot of single markers or memorials for those people, it would be better to have just one for everybody.”
” I think it’s a good idea and everybody is for it but the design of it, where it’s located, and all of that needs to be studied and worked on. Before we start seeking people to contribute to it and raising money for it, we should at least put in the minutes (of the meeting) that you (county commission) have tentatively approved it and that we start with the procedure and form committees as to how we and the public want it to look and then get the community involved because I think it means more to people if they’re involved in it.”
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