Vietnam Memorial Gets New Life

TYLER — Tyler’s Historic Aviation Memorial Museum is stepping up to the plate on behalf of a long-neglected Vietnam War memorial. A number of citizens recently expressed concern over the memorial, which had been vandalized and fallen into disrepair while at Bergfeld Park. Now the memorial has been moved and is undergoing restoration, thanks largely to Tyler Granite. On KTBB “Staff Meeting,” museum board chair Carolyn Verver says the memorial will soon have a very nice new home in the museum’s Memorial Courtyard. Verver says the courtyard features beautiful “knockout” roses and a brick patio — adding that individuals can purchase personalized bricks for the patio as a fundraiser. Verver hopes the war memorial project can be completed by later in the spring or early summer.

You can go to http://www.tylerhamm.org to learn more about the war memorial project and the museum. You also go to http://www.ktbb.com/audio to hear the “Staff Meeting” show online beginning early Monday morning.