- Date
- 2010-11
- Kind
- Construction
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagemilitarycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In November 2010, six AmVets veterans set 161 subscribed memorial bricks at Beaver Island Veteran’s Park honoring relatives and friends who served in the Armed Forces.
Evidence limits
This is an installation report, not a complete brick-order or park inventory.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- AMVETS requested orders for the first batch of memorial bricks and made forms available at the Labor Day breakfast and park site. This is a fundraising/order notice, not a complete order or installation record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002734
- The meeting agenda listed a memorial update, a formal dedication date, the Veterans Day ceremony, and flag rotation at the memorial site. It documents the organization's planned agenda, not minutes, a final dedication record, or a complete park inventory.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002847
- AMVETS Post 46 solicited veteran and non-veteran memorial bricks as holiday gifts, described the planned sidewalk placement, and gave the $100/$200 price structure. This first-party fundraising notice documents the program, not a complete order or inventory.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003018
- AMVETS Post 46 reported that blank bricks were installed, flagpoles were awaiting concrete cure, two benches had been ordered, and another brick order was planned after Labor Day. This first-party progress report enriches the construction timeline but does not establish completion or independently audit the inventory.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002681
- Beaver Beacon, November 2010, "Memorial Bricks Set at Veterans' Park."Reports six veterans setting 161 subscribed bricks honoring people who served in the Armed Forces. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the installation report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-11_Beaver-Beacon
- AMVETS Post 46 reported that the first 161 bricks had been installed and announced a planned July 3, 2011 dedication. This first-party update corroborates the installation and planning timeline; it does not establish the later dedication as completed.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002925
- AMVETS Post 46 announced another order and reported that the park had more than 300 bricks by May 2013. This is an organizational count, not an independently audited inventory.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006236
- AMVETS Post 46 reported that six additional memorial bricks had been placed in the park and named the honorees and volunteers. The post documents the installation but does not reconcile it with a complete park inventory.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008735
- AMVETS Post 46 announced a final brick order after Labor Day, described placement for veteran and non-veteran honorees, and hoped to install a sprinkler system in the fall. This is a first-party program update, not proof of the later installation or a complete inventory.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005352
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island sets 161 memorial bricks at Veteran's Park, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-veterans-park-memorial-bricks-2010/, accessed [date], citing AMVETS Post 46, "Veterans Memorial Park---Engraved Bricks," Beaver Island Forum, September 4, 2010. (and 9 further sources listed on the page).
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