Dupage Veterans Memorial Inc. dropped the ball when they removed steel crosses honoring fallen Dupage County soldiers without notifying the families of those soldiers.
At the Dupage memorial for the dead, there were 22 steel crosses lining the path. Each cross bore the name of a fallen soldier or marine. The Daily Herald reports that a father of one of the soldiers who died in Iraq arrived at the memorial and found the crosses had been removed.
The board of directors of Dupage Veterans Memorial Inc. voted several weeks ago to remove the crosses, as they were deemed a safety concern - people apparently were tripping over the 2x3 crosses.
Safety on public grounds is very important, and removing the crosses is understandable. But the parents of the fallen should have been notified prior to the removal of the crosses. These parents lost their most precious children to the war on terror and the board should have done everything in its power to notify them. It does not do to heap more anxiety on people who have made huge sacrifices for this nation. This weekend as we observe Thanksgiving, we should all be thankful to the soldiers who have sacrificed so much for this nation. And their parents deserve thanks as well.
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