TOWN TOWN OF MADISON, NH - the Town of Madison

Veterans Monument Committee2011 Annual ReportThis report is our fourth report to the Town. We have continued to make dramatic progress onthe monument(s) in 2011Our Committee continues to meet on the 1 st Monday of the Month at 6:30 pm at theLibrary’s “Chick Room”. We wish to welcome everyone to come to these meetings ofthe Ad Hoc Committee.As reported last year, the site had been selected and the work of clearing the site hadstarted. We made major strides in completing this process in 2011. The cement basefor the three (3) monuments has been laid; the monument has been moved from theChurch, had been repaired, cleaned, and set in place. There are two (2) additionalmonuments to be set in the future as funds become available.Most of the expense for these actions has been provided by three generations of theShackford family in a very professional manner. More details of these contributions, plusthe Flag installation, and electric work, will be in a book in the Library. The book is,however, not yet completed.Additional funds have come in from Veterans and other sources. The recognition ofthese funds will be shown on a separate plaque (as noted in 2010 report) which willhang in the Town Hall, naming all the people who have contributed money, time, skilland other efforts to this worthwhile project. With all invoices paid, we have $4,544available at 2011 year end.We have a draft of the details of a Veterans Monument Fund which is to be an “ongoing” Fund to provide income to maintain these monuments and the site in the future.The Fund is to be administered by a Three Person Committee appointed by theSelectmen of Madison. The goal of the “Fund” is to keep the Names up to date and thesite properly maintained. It should be noted that the monument on site today has fourplaques covering Madison’s Veterans from Revolutionary War to the Korean Conflict –1953. So for 58 years, we had not posted anyone who had served in our MilitaryServices.We are looking for names of Veterans who have served in the Military Services since1953. We are listing these names by a Two Decade Era (1954 – 1974) (1975 – 1995)(1996 – 2016), etc. The two additional monuments will have the space to add thesenames. At the same time we have picked up names from WWII and Korea and theywould be added in the new space in the Era 1954 – 1974.The qualifications for listing are broader than those of previous plaques. They are:o Enlisted or Honorably discharged in Madison, New Hampshireo OR lived in Madison for an extended time and choose to be listed.o OR died in Madison after living in Madison and the family wishes the person tobe listed.102