Special Memorial Announced For Slidell

     Lane Carson, President St. Tammany Veterans Foundation, Inc. (STVF),  announced at the Nov. 11 Veterans Day Ceremony in Covington that a special memorial will be built at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Slidell.

    The special STVF, Inc. project named “Heroes Farewell” will honor all of our Fallen Heroes from Iraq and Afghanistan who have sacrificed so much for us in the Global War On Terror (GWOT) with 

      Carson said, “One hundred and forty six Louisiana Serviceman including 35 Louisiana National Guard (LANG) have been killed while serving overseas in the Global War on Terror. We owe the service members and their families, who have sacrificed so much a debt of gratitude.”

 

Lane Carson

     That’s why the STVF has teamed up with FL&WB Architects (who produced the plans for the St. Tammany Veterans Memorial Plaza at the Justice Center) to design and build an enduring Memorial to them at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery adjacent to LANG Camp Villere off Airport Road and I-12 in Slidell. 

 

     The GWOT Memorial will have a “Battlefield Cross” with a plaque showing the faces and names of all our Fallen Heroes from Louisiana in the GWOT, along with US, Louisiana, and LANG flags and all five military branch insignias.  

 

      Carson encourages all citizens to remember the Fallen Heroes who gave their lives in the GWOT by sponsoring various parts of the project i.e., statue, flags, pedestal, benches, military branch insignias, or donating a plaque or engraved brick. 

 

     For further information please email Lane Carson at lane.carson@att.net.

 

 

 

Veterans Day 2023

  Special ceremonies in observance of Veterans Day were held in the front of the St. Tammany Justice Center in Covington Saturday morning, November 11, 2023. Dozens of veterans from several branches of the Armed Forces attended and were honored.

The veterans

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Emceed by Joseph P. Untz II, commander of the American Legion Post No. 16, the event featured a number of speeches by dignitaries, patriotic songs by Emily Vennen, the presentation of the colors by the St. Tammany Veterans Honor Guard, and special remarks by representatives of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars organizations and the American Legion Auxiliary. 

From left to right, Joseph P. Untz II, City Councilman Larry Rolling, Ken Diebold covering the POW/MIA Chair, Emily Vennen who sang God Bless America and the Star Spangled Banner, and Tiffany McGary Cyprian, who told about the Welcome Ministries Community House for homeless veterans.

From left to right are Dennis W. Charlesworth, Vice-Commander with the American Legion Post, Matthew Williams with the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post 8720 who read the poem "In Flander's Field," Lane Carson with the St. Tammany Veterans Foundation, Guest Speaker Scott Nowicki, and Post Chaplain Richard Perl.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the American Heritage Girls.

The Honor Guard gave a 12 gun salute.

Untz, Miss Vennen, and a poster showing the proposed Memorial Plaza at the Southeast Louisiana

Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Slidell.

A large number of visitors were in the audience for the occasion. 

The ceremony program

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The program was video-recorded in 3 parts.

To view the video, click on the links below:

Part One

Part Two

Part Three