Three marble plaques with gold leaf engraving were pointed out by committee chairman Dick Rauniker. The refurbished monument one honors the original GAR Veterans, one the Prisoner of War and Missing in Action veterans and the new U.S. Space Force representing the first new independent military service since the Army Air Forces were reorganized as the U.S. Air Force in 1947.
The dedication of a recreated and renovated 132 year old memorial in the McCune Cemetery will be held Monday, May 30.
The original memorial dedicated to the members of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was built in the cemetery in 1890 has been rebuilt. It has been updated to include additional recognition of American soldiers missing in action, killed in action and the new United States Space F…
