Man Wants Memorial to All Vets

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Man Wants Memorial to All Vets
December 24, 2008
Bangor Daily News

MILO, Maine -- Ronald Knowles believes that all servicemen and women, not just those who served during a war, should have a monument in their honor.

That will be the case if Knowles, 72, has his way.

Knowles is working to raise more than $20,000 to turn the corner of Elm Street, Milo, into a monument for every single man and woman who served in the U.S. military.

"Everywhere we go we see memorials and most often they are memorials for veterans of wars or an era like the Korean War or Vietnam War," Knowles said. Those veterans who served in between the wars or had jobs that did not require them to be engaged in an actual conflict have been neglected, he said.

Quoting an unknown author, Knowles said, "A veteran is someone, whether they are active duty, retired, National Guard or Reserve, who at one point in his or her life wrote a blank check made payable to the United States of America for an amount of up to and including their life."


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