Chris Pflederer (21), recently graduated from Marine Corps boot camp, talks with R.D. Flannigan, (93). R.D. was a World War II Marine.
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| Taps. |
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| Rifle salute. |
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Howard Parkhurst receives an award for 50 year membership in American Legion.
A moment of silence.
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| Some of crowd for the Memorial Day Ceremony, May 27, 2013 |
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Memorial remembers the victims of Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, CT. December 2012
Memorial welcomes the Turkey Festival 2012
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Memorial Day, May 28, 2012
Over 125 in attendance |
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| Peral Harbor Remembrance Day. |
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| First sunrise at the newly dedicated memorial. |
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| Pastor Lee |
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| TAPS |
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| Rick Otey |
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| Community Chorus |
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| 3rd Grade Class singing Thank You, Soldier. |
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| Miss Tremont 2011, Hope Hancock sings the Star Spangled Banner |
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| Tremont Boy Scouts |
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| Todd Bong, Village President |
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| Mary Ann Vance |
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| Ready to be dedicated. |
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| Tom Endress and Dale Stuber put a finishing touch on memorial. |
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| World War II veteran, Frank Lang, views his stone with his wife and daughter. |
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| David hands stones to John for laying while Alan prepares more. |
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| Carlene makes sense of it all. |
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| Al Sanders and Carlene and Joe Venovich |
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| Sorting by family. |
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| David, John and Alan from Stuber Land Design get ready to set stone pavers. |
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| Remember those still fighting this very day. |
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| Tremont Community Bank donated the flagpole. |
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| Dewayne and Larry Weeks fill in behind the rods to secure them. |
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| Dewayne Waterman of Midwest Companies bores holes to insert metal rods. |
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| Memorial after dark |
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| Lighting the memorial up. |
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| In honor of those who served/serve our country. |
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| The inscription says it all. |
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| Mary Ann Vance & Joe Venovich check out the progress. |
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| Bob Groter of Wyoming Monument Co. gets the sandblaster ready for the granite pavers. |
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| Granite pavers ready for sandblasting. |
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| Placed rock around each boulder. |
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| Here for many generations to enjoy. |
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| 11,300 pounds. |
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| Mark O'Keefe lines the anchor into position. |
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| J&J Cranes volunteered to lift the anchor in place. |
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| Twice a day waterings and this great 80 degree weather have produced a good crop of grass this week. |
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| Al Sanders delivering the anchor to the memorial site. |
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| Joe Venovich guides the anchor closer to it's final resting place. |
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| Anchor chain gets a coat of black paint. |
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| The pole will fly a 6ft. by 10ft. American flag and a POW/MIA flag. |
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| Joe re-checks Rick's work. |
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| Rick checks to see that it's plumb. |
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| Anchor with primer. |
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| Sandblasting begins on the anchor. |
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| Began watering grass seed on September 21st. |
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| Jason Sauder of Stuber Land Design works with his dad, Mike, to plant grass seed. |
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| All ready to seed. Mike and Tom did a great job!! |
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| Tom Sauder at the controls getting terrain ready for seeding, |
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| Mike Sauder fine tunes the grade for seeding. |
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| Jim directs the last pour. |
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| Pouring around the sleeve for the flag pole. |
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| 12.5 yards today. Temperature around 58 degrees. |
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Thanks to Tremont First National Bank for lunch.
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Ready for concrete.
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| Every job needs some go-fors. |
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| Lindsey, Drake, Logan and Carlene check out Grandpa's work. |
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| Sleeve for flag pole ready for concrete. |
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| Ready to pour concrete on September 16th. |
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| Isaac Schweigert helps dad Joe with electrical work. |
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| The boulder on the left is 17,500 lbs. The one on the right is 14,500 lbs. |
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| 3 hours later and they arrive at their new home to welcome many vistors to the Tremont Veterans Memorial. |
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| Arrival home. This one is the heavier one weighing in at 17,500 lbs. |
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| Carlene assures Joe that the boulders will fit. |
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| Gary Fluegel straps the boulders down on Rick Vance's flatbed. |
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| Al, Rick Vance and Larry Weeks |
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| When it weighs 17,500 lbs, you call it a boulder. |
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Al Sanders readys the boulder.
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| Joe checks to see if it'll fit at the memorial site. |
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| Chris McDonald ready to "have some fun". |
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Gotta have the right tools!!
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| Jerry Green reports for duty. |
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| Clayton Horton (Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient) of Horton Trucking, delivers the anchor to Tremont from Virginia on September 14, 2011 |
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| Larry gives it a try. |
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| Al Sanders takes a turn with the power washer |
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| Rick works the rock over with the fire hose |
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| You'll notice that the center of the sidewalk lines up "perfectly" with the "sacred stake" in the distance. Thanks Joe V. :) |
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| Jim Flannigan compacts the sand for pouring concrete. |
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| 10 1/2 yards of concrete. |
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| Joe Schweigert, of L&F Electric, Morton, works his electrifying "magic". |
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| JimFlannigan directs the pour. |
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| David Wagenbach ready to pounce. |
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| William Beutel and Rick Stuber |
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| Mike Kent finishes the concrete. |
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| Larry Weeks |
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| L-R, Tim Emerick (Mud), Brock Butts & Joe Venovich. |
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| Gary Wagenbach makes it look oh so easy. |
Hole for the new flag pole.
Logan gives Great Grandpa Venovich an operators lesson.
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| R.D. Flannigan, (WW II) & son Jim |
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| L-R, Jim Flannigan, Al Sanders, Larry Weeks, Rick Otey |
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| L-R, Jim Flannigan, Al Sanders, Larry Weeks, Joe Venovich. |
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| Hole for footing which will hold the anchor. Heat index 102. |
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| Mike Sauder fine tunes the grading. |
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| Site of future Veterans Memorial |
