$20,000 grant to build Seymour veterans memorial

Veteran Al Yagovane points out plans for the park. Patricia Villers/Register

By Patricia Villers

Register Staff
pvillers@nhregister.com / Twitter: @nhrvalley

SEYMOUR — For more than a quarter century, veteran Al Yagovane has been working on the Broad Street Park.
So it goes without saying Yagovane was pleased to see the project take a step forward.
“For 27 years, I’ve been working on this, and I’m hoping to get it done this year,” Yagovane said during a ceremonial groundbreaking Thursday for the project to honor veterans of all wars.
He said he’d like to have it ready by Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Yagovane served in the Army from 1961-69 and from 1974-2002. “This (memorial) covers everybody. They don’t have to be from Seymour,” he said.
Yagovane credited the work of the renovation committee with getting the project moving forward. The project has received $20,000 seed money in the form of a grant from the Katharine Matthies Foundation.
He said no taxpayer funds will be used. Individuals and businesses have donated money over the years, but more donations are needed.

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