By Patricia Villers
Register Staff
pvillers@nhregister.com / Twitter: @nhrvalley
ANSONIA — Seymour resident Herb Libby, 88, stood before the Woodbridge Avenue Honor Roll and War Memorial Saturday morning to see the progress of the installation of two bronze plaques.
One of them lists the names of some of the local residents who served in World War II; the other contains names of those who fought in the Vietnam War.
Libby, a World War II Navy veteran, was there to support his friend, Pete Giovacchino, 84, of Seymour, who has spent close to seven decades establishing and maintaining the honor roll and memorial.
Giovacchino is an Army veteran of World War II.
“I think it’s wonderful they’re doing this,” Libby said. His cousin, Wesley Libby, a Vietnam War veteran who lives out of state, is listed on the plaque, he said.
The inscribed bronze plaques list names of living veterans as well as those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the country. The neighborhood honor roll and memorial was started in 1942 with the creation of a servicemen’s flag. Over 70 years, it has grown into an imposing site at the corner of Woodbridge Avenue and Visselli Court.
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1 comment:
It is really great that they replaced the stolen plaques, such robberies are very common these days because of higher prices of bronze but it is also a very disrespectful act.
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