The Tribute to Veterans Memorial is one step closer to becoming a reality. The group seeking to build the memorial and the city of Warrenton have agreed to the terms of a lease for the monument’s …
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Veterans memorial lease approved
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By Adam Rollins, Record Staff Writer
The Tribute to Veterans Memorial is one step closer to becoming a reality.The group seeking to build the memorial and the city of Warrenton have agreed to the terms of a lease for the monument’s planned location. For the cost of $10 per year, the Tribute to Veterans Memorial committee will rent 0.77 acre of land between Veterans Memorial Parkway and Interstate 70, just west of Denny’s.The plot has room for a circular monument walkway, open parade ground and surrounding parking lot. Wendell Webb, the memorial’s building committee chairman, said the project could be complete within about seven months of ordering and putting a down payment on the monument.Webb presented the lease agreement to Warrenton’s Board of Aldermen Tuesday, Feb. 7. The lease is for a 99-year term, and includes a variety of obligations on the part of the memorial committee and the city.For its part, the city will agree to remove all existing trees from the site, install erosion control, stripe and paint the parking lot (once built) and mow the grass on the site. City staff also will assist with preparing the site for the monument’s installation, when possible.The memorial committee will be responsible for installing and maintaining the monument and surrounding paved area. It will have to handle snow removal, lighting and any major work to the parking lot, as well.Securing a $1 million insurance policy also is the responsibility of the memorial committee.Utilities will be added to the site, with Warrenton footing the bill for water and sewer lines. Arrangements for electricity and other utilities will be left to the memorial committee.Webb invited the city’s representatives to meet with the Tribute to Veterans Memorial Board of Trustees on Feb. 21 to officially sign the lease. The Warrenton Board of Aldermen approved the agreement 6-0 Feb. 7.The memorial will feature a wall 18 feet long, 6 feet tall and 1 foot deep. It will be made of Missouri red granite with a black granite insert and 12-inch bronze lettering reading: “Some Gave All” on one side.The other side will have the 71 names of Warren County citizens who lost their lives in designated conflicts. Names will be listed by conflict and branch of service.The wall also will have additional space to honor future war veterans.Six service flags will be displayed along with the American and POW/MIA flags in the center. The statues of a woman and child standing in front of a Battlefield Cross (boots, rifle, helmet and blank dog tags) will be facing the monument wall.Pavers currently being sold by the committee will be laid to form a circular walkway around the memorial site. Supporters from anywhere in the U.S. can donate to have names or messages included on a memorial paver.“So far we’ve sold 376, and we have 825 more,” said Rick Mantione, president of the memorial committee. “This is a really critical time.”For more information or to purchase a paver, visit tributetoveteransmemorial.org.
An artist rendering of the planned Tribute to Veterans Memorial site. The city of Warrenton approved a lease agreement for the site Feb. 7. Submitted image/ Tribute to Veterans Memorial.
