The Turner Veterans Council is a non-profit tax-exempt 501(c)(3) corporation whose main goal is to construct and appropriate a "Veterans Memorial Park" that will honor the men and women who have served or are serving or paid the ultimate price.
The purpose of the Turner Veterans Memorial Park and visitors center is not to glorify war. It is to recognize the sacrifices of all veterans which gave his or her family and friends an opportunity to enjoy a life style of freedom, democracy and prosperity.
The focal
point of the park will be a landscaped granite memorial stone
honoring
the memory of all veterans which was purchased by the Town of Turner years ago
in memory of all who served our country in the
Armed Services of the United States.
This stone to the left will be located where the Star is located in the sample picture below in front of the United States Flag.
The five official
armed forces flags that commemorate each of the military branches of the United
States and the POW-MIA flag will be positioned in a half circle in the back
with
the United States Flag in Front of the circle with the State of Maine flag below
it. Visitors will be invited to
relax, reflect and pay respect to the men and women who answered the call of
duty of all wars. At its own special
place will be the World War I & World War II stone purchased by the Town of
Turner many years ago in memory of the men and women of Turner who served in the armed forces
during World War I and World War II. (Also adding Korea and Vietnam)
It
will also serve as an educational history lesson for the Leavitt High School, Turner Elementary and Tripp Middle
School.
The park will be used for local remembrances, candle light vigils, and yearly remembrances on September 11, Veterans Day, Flag Day, and other Military observances.
Donations: As a result of its tax-exempt, nonprofit organization status, donations will range from cash to flowers, shrubs to benches and flowering trees (such as weeping cherry or snow fountain).
The Veterans Park and Visitors Center will solicit private & public funds to enhance its efforts and maintain its continuance. Many donors feel the Turner Veterans Park will be an excellent mechanism to provide community assets or to make tax deductible contributions in honor of their deceased loved ones.
Landscaping Donations:
Each year the Turner Veterans Park and Visitors Center will accept a number of donations of flowers,
shrubs, landscaping to maintain the parks aesthetic design. The landscaping
donations will serve as donations that keep on giving to the community for years
to come.
Memorial Bench Donations:
Courage/Honor/Sacrifice/Freedom
Benches are a very popular donation item for the park. Often benches are donated
in memory of a loved one. Appropriate bench locations are coordinated with the Turner Veterans
Council board.
Here is a sample picture of the
inscribed stones
that will remember veterans of all wars. They will be placed in the victors circle where the flags will be located
behind. Stones can be purchased to honor family members as they become part of
this beautiful memorial. The Turner Memorial Veterans Park seeks to honor all the local residents
who served in the military. Markers would list the Turner Veterans of
all the previous wars as shown below. The call to duty and sacrifice for Turner
residents first came during the Revolutionary War and has occurred many times
during the past two centuries of Turner history.
To have a name engraved on a stone at the Turner Veterans Memorial Park, an individual must be a Veteran or currently active in the military. A copy of the DD214 is needed to verify eligibility status. The cost of engraving is 30.00 per name.
Any further questions call 225-3285 or email at missions@megalink.net
We are calling on citizens, business & property owners in Turner to support the Turner Veterans Memorial Park and Visitors Center by donating a piece a land that would be acceptable and approved by the Town. The Turner Veterans Memorial Park and Visitors Center will be open year round. We are also looking for citizens and business owners to provide the Financial Donations needed for the Turner Veterans Memorial Park and Visitors Center.
Financial donations can be sent to the registered office of the Turner Veterans Council at: 451 Lower Street, Turner, Maine 04282. Checks are made payable to the Turner Veterans Council. All contributions are tax deductible and every gift received is acknowledged by official receipt.
"War is the work of man. War is destruction of human life. War is death. To remember the past is to commit oneself to the future. To remember Hiroshima is to abhor nuclear war, to remember Hiroshima is to commit oneself to peace."
The flags will cost 39.00 each for the 5 branches of service and the POW-MIA and 40.00 for the State of Maine flag totaling 235.00.
6 ~ 30' flag poles for the 5 branches installed 1,340.00 each totaling 8,040.00. The removal of the Town Pole at TVC along with the WWI and WWII stone. The removal of the Stone in North Turner to the Turner Veterans Memorial Park.
The cost of moving the memorial stones has not been determined as yet.
The benches are purchased by donors in memory of their loved ones.
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