 "Photo: Maryville Garden Club")
As people were remembering veterans and servicemen of past wars on Veterans Day Maryville was making its own memories by putting up a memorial right on Main Street.
Blue Star Memorial is just one of the many memorials supporting these men and women of service throughout the United States.
Genevieve Fulsom is a co-chairwoman along with Carolyn Schroeder on the Maryville Garden Club. This club sponsored the Blue Star Memorial in Maryville along with the American Legion Post. The Maryville Garden Club collected money for the Northwest District from all the different clubs. The American Legion Post donated $1,000 in honor of this memorial.
This memorial originated in 1945 in New York nationally, Fulsom said. As people gathered the memorial this Veterans Day they looked at the big bronze plaque that was surrounded by red, white and blue flowers in honor of the veterans, men and women of service from the past and future. The flowers are something that will be continued around the plaque.
"It is wonderful. It is something that is lasting. I was sold on the idea when I first joined. It is something that the service men deserve," Fulsom said.
The Blue Star Memorial can be viewed at the corner of Lincoln and Main in Maryville at the Mable Perkins Memorial Gardens. Schroeder said there are three other markers in northwest Missouri, 51 in the state of Missouri and 1,650 over the United States.
"Honor those who are serving, those who have served, and those who will serve in the future," said Schroeder.
As citizens, veterans, men and women go to view this memorial there can be different feelings upon that visit. Schroeder said as they see it they can be reminded of what it stands for.
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