WALCOTT, Iowa — This Veterans Day, dozens of people in Walcott braved the cold to honor service members at the rededication of the town's Veterans Memorial.
Members of Walcott American Legion Post 548 have been working for five or six years to expand the memorial, commander Brian Mengler said. A few members traveled around Iowa looking at different statues and memorial parks before settling on the addition of three new statues, some plaques and new brickwork.
The new additions now surround the memorial, which Mengler said Walcott received permission to build in 2011.
"It's very important to our community," he said. "They sacrifice their lives every day. There's 1% of the country that actually is in the military. And so we do believe that those 1% need to be honored."
The project cost around $35,000, Mengler said. It was raised through donations and community fundraisers at the legion.
The Walcott American Legion Post 548 has 123 members.
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