A Miami organization honors veterans with new memorial brick garden
MIAMI, Okla. — A Miami organization continues to honor the sacrifice of veterans – nationwide.
Members of American Legion Post 147 held a groundbreaking – today – for a new veterans memorial brick garden that will be constructed on the grounds of the military museum.
It will be a pentagon-shaped area – containing a flag for each branch of military.
Under the flags – nearly two thousand bricks – bearing the names of veterans from all across the country – will be laid.
The entire memorial was designed by Sand Springs, Oklahoma native, Logan Rogers, who has a family member involved in the legion.
Legion officials say this project has received an outpouring of support from community members – including multiple companies that are donating the field rock and concrete for the memorial.
They also say a bench will be placed in the area – which has been donated by a local man.
“As a veteran, myself, just seeing your name and knowing that you’re gonna be remembered for a lifetime. We forget so many veterans that’s passed away that, you know, just fade away – and we don’t want that. We want our veterans to be remembered. Man, if my family put one out here, I think I’d probably cry for a week – I’m not lying about that. It’s..it’s going to be amazing,” said Curtis Nida, American Legion Post 147 Commander.
Legion officials say they hope to dedicate the new memorial later this summer.
