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