Hurry! Veterans Park brick drive is in the homestretch

By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
The calendar, known for going into overdrive when you’re not looking, is closing in on Veterans Day, the day set for the dedication of the resurrected Veterans Park in Putnam.
The campaign to sell bricks to fill in the area around the new flagpole is at 1,613, closing in on the 2,000 goal.
Speaking on behalf of the Veterans Advisory Committee (VAC), Wilfred Bousquet said the dedication date will be here before you know it and they’ve set a Sept. 3 deadline for getting bricks ordered. This will allow enough time for the bricks to be ordered, completed, sealed by members of the VAC and installed by the masonry students from the Harvard H. Ellis Tech School. The students, last spring, installed all the concrete work, including walkways and bases for monuments.
“We want to ensure that we can put them in in time,” Bousquet said. He said the dedication will be Nov. 10. The park is at the corner of Church and Bridge streets.
In addition to the bricks, the park is waiting for two more monuments and for the bronze plaques (with WWII veterans’ names on them) for the two recently installed WWII granite monuments. Also bollards were recently installed around the flagpole area, the Court of Honor.
Information on the brick program: Include your veteran - any era, any service, from anywhere, still living or passed away - in the park. $100 per brick - cash, check or money order to Putnam VAC.
Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for the form and details.
Mail to:  Putnam Rec Dept., 200 School St, Putnam, CT 06260.
If you’re dropping off, the hours for the Rec Department are: 8:30 to 4:30 Monday through Wednesday; 8 to 6 Thursday; and 8 to 1 Friday.
Visit the VAC webpage: https://www.putnamct.us/.../veterans-advisory-committee

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