- Date
- 2014-12
- Kind
- Construction
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- organization/amvets-post-46
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- militaryheritagecommunitygrants-and-funding
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In December 2014, AMVETS Post 46 reported that work was underway at Beaver Island Veterans Memorial Park to clear vegetation from the slope toward the harbor and raise the grade behind the monuments. The post said the work was funded by a grant from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians and that the post planned to purchase bricks for almost two dozen Native American veterans from the Beaver Island Archipelago.
Evidence limits
The forum notice establishes an organization’s contemporaneous project report, but not the grant amount, final completion, or a complete list of veterans.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- AMVETS thanked John Roberts, Gerald LaFreniere, and Jim Wojan for installing a lake-water system at the Veterans Memorial Park to avoid iron staining, and described sprinkler and flag-lighting work still planned. This contemporaneous organizational report supports the project timeline but does not independently verify construction or later completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006841
- AMVETS Post 46 reported that work was underway to clear vegetation on the harbor slope and raise the grade behind the monuments, funded by a Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians grant. The post also announced plans to purchase bricks for almost two dozen Native Americans from the Beaver Island Archipelago who had served in the U.S. Armed Forces. The update does not establish the grant amount, completion date, or final brick inventory.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008239
- AMVETS Post 46 announced another brick order, with 4-by-8-inch bricks priced at $100 and 8-by-8-inch bricks at $200. This documents continued fundraising, not installation.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007305
- AMVETS Post 46 announced a change from the former ordering software to online ordering and reported more than 340 bricks installed. This is an organizational inventory statement, not an independently audited count.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007561
- AMVETS reported that the sprinkler-system contractor had encountered buried stones and steel around the old building and that cleanup would follow installation. The post documents an active construction problem, not completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007454
- AMVETS credited Tony Green and Green Electric with adding nighttime illumination for the American flag, with a temporary adjustment during July 4 fireworks. A later post included a nighttime photograph and video link.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007520
- AMVETS Post 46 reported that a Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians 2% grant had been approved for Veterans Memorial Park landscaping and for bricks recognizing Native American archipelago veterans. This is an organizational announcement; the grant amount, final work, and complete veteran list are not independently verified here.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007835
- AMVETS credited Jimmy Wojan and his crew with replacing the flagpole line after wind damage and described the regular seasonal maintenance of the service flag.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007958
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Work begins on Beaver Island Veterans Memorial Park improvements, 2014”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-veterans-memorial-park-improvements-2014/, accessed [date], citing AMVETS Post 46, “No AMVET meeting this Tuesday,” Beaver Island Forum, October 8, 2013. (and 7 further sources listed on the page).
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