{"id":492,"date":"2016-10-23T02:02:21","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T02:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/?page_id=492"},"modified":"2018-01-30T00:03:40","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T00:03:40","slug":"war-veterans-of-lovettsville-virginia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/local-history\/war-veterans-of-lovettsville-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans of Lovettsville, Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Lovettsville Veterans Memorial<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/local-history\/war-veterans-of-lovettsville-virginia\/revolutionary-war-veterans-of-lovettsville-virginia\/\">Revolutionary War Veterans of Lovettsville<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/local-history\/war-veterans-of-lovettsville-virginia\/war-of-1812-veterans-of-lovettsville\/\">War of 1812 Veterans of Lovettsville<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/local-history\/war-veterans-of-lovettsville-virginia\/civil-war-veterans-of-lovettsville-virginia\/\">Civil War Veterans of Lovettsville<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/local-history\/war-veterans-of-lovettsville-virginia\/world-war-i-veterans-of-lovettsville-virginia\/\">World War I Veterans of Lovettsville<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/local-history\/war-veterans-of-lovettsville-virginia\/world-war-ii-veterans-of-lovettsville-virginia\/\">World War II Veterans of Lovettsville<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/local-history\/war-veterans-of-lovettsville-virginia\/korean-war-veterans-of-lovettsville\/\">Korean War Veterans of Lovettsville<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/local-history\/war-veterans-of-lovettsville-virginia\/vietnam-war-veterans-of-lovettsville\/\">Vietnam War Veterans of Lovettsville<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/local-history\/war-veterans-of-lovettsville-virginia\/bay-of-pigs-veterans-of-lovettsville\/\">Bay of Pigs Veterans of Lovettsville<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/local-history\/war-veterans-of-lovettsville-virginia\/desert-storm-veterans-of-lovettsville\/\">Desert Storm Veterans of Lovettsville<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/local-history\/war-veterans-of-lovettsville-virginia\/afghanistan-war-veterans-of-lovettsville\/\">Afghanistan War Veterans of Lovettsville<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/local-history\/war-veterans-of-lovettsville-virginia\/iraq-war-veterans-of-lovettsville\/\">Iraq War Veterans of Lovettsville<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>This memorial was designed for you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You make it come alive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The memorial demands forgiveness and reconciliation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I pray that we can live up to that demand.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The nation is reminded of the price they paid.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Lovettsville Veterans Memorial Dedication<\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>Dedication of Monument, July 4, 1991<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the name of the Town Council of Lovettsville, Virginia, I now dedicate this memorial; I dedicate it to the memory of those who fell in the service of our country. \u00a0I dedicate it in the name of those who\u00a0offered their lives that justice, freedom and democracy might survive to be the victorious ideals of the peoples o the world. \u00a0The lives of those who have made the supreme sacrifice are glorious before us; their deeds are an inspiration. \u00a0As they served America in a time of war, yielding their last full measure of devotion, may we serve America in a time of peace.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I dedicate this monument\u00a0to them, and with it I dedicate tis Town of Lovettsville to the faithful service of our Country and to preservation of the memory of those who died that Liberty might live.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;Councilman Richard T. Greene<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Lovettsville Veterans Memorial Supporters<\/h2>\n<h4><em>Chairman<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Richard T. Greene, former Lovettsville Town Councilman<\/p>\n<h4><em>Lifetime Members<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Patsy Myers Boothe<\/p>\n<p>James E. George<\/p>\n<p>Martha Greene<\/p>\n<p>Richard T. Greene<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn Hatcher<\/p>\n<p>Martinsburg Granite Company<\/p>\n<h4><em>Associate Members<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>John Clinton Allen<\/p>\n<p>Pearl C. Cooper<\/p>\n<p>John Moscarillo<\/p>\n<p>Dorothy K. Rickard<\/p>\n<p>A.M. Scott<\/p>\n<p>Elaine Walker, former Mayor of\u00a0Lovettsville<\/p>\n<p>Su Webb<\/p>\n<p>Larry Woodland<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>IN THE NEWS:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lovettsville Students Use Multiple Tactics to Help &amp; Honor Veterans (2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/news\/local\/Lovettsville-Students-Use-Multiple-Tactics-to-Help-_-Honor-Veterans_Washington-DC-400765961.html<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"UTF-8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/portableplayer\/?cmsID=400765961&#038;videoID=EDa9iIe7bL9Z&#038;origin=nbcwashington.com&#038;sec=news&#038;subsec=local&#038;width=600&#038;height=360\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lovettsville 4th Graders to Honor Veterans With Special Program (11\/10\/2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/news\/local\/4th-Graders-to-Honor-Veterans-With-Special-Program_Washington-DC-400724671.html<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"UTF-8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/portableplayer\/?cmsID=400724671&#038;videoID=iu7nsH5TNy0m&#038;origin=nbcwashington.com&#038;sec=news&#038;subsec=local&#038;width=600&#038;height=360\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Errors or omissions?\u00a0Please contact info@lovettvillehistoricalsociety.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lovettsville Veterans Memorial Revolutionary War Veterans of Lovettsville War of 1812 Veterans of Lovettsville Civil War Veterans of Lovettsville World War I Veterans of Lovettsville World War II Veterans of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-492","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1090,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/492\/revisions\/1090"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}