Veterans Memorial

Veterans Memorial. . , (front:), This memorial dedicated in memory of all the men and women from the Arcola area who made the supreme sacrifice to save our lives and property while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States of America., We stand in deep appreciation for the liberty we enjoy and we stand in honor of their memory., This memorial is dedicated to their families who waited days, weeks, months and even years for some good news of their sons, daughters, brothers and sisters. When only bad news came, there were years of suffering, anguish, grief and the pain continues., This memorial is dedicated to the many men and women who came home crippled and scarred for the rest of their lives. This memorial is dedicated to the rest of the men and women who served their country in the past and will in the future., "You shall never be forgotten" , "We will remember", A grateful Arcola community, . (back:), In This Cemetery, Lives are commemorated , Deaths are recorded , Memories are made tangible , As families are reunited , in this cemetery., Families bestow reverence , and our community accords respect , love is undisguised and , our heritage is enriched , in this cemetery., We pay warm tributes to the , accomplishment of a loved one , as testimonies of devotion. Pride , and remembrance are carved in stone , in this cemetery., This cemetery is a history of people. , A perpetual record of yesterdays , a homeland for family memorials , and a source of comfort to the living , In this cemetery., This cemetery exists because every life , is worth loving and remembering , so we pay tribute to the memories of , the life - not the death - of a loved one , In this cemetery, So we have recorded a short history , of our loved ones , who are here to rest in a sanctuary , of peace and quiet, forever. , In this cemetery., Poems by Commander Thomas Patridge , 1992.