BengalNews Reporters
The
Western New York Hispanic-American Veterans Memorial Committee is overseeing the completion of the Hispanic-American Veterans Monument being
built in Naval Park.
The
monument will pay tribute to the living and fallen Hispanic veterans in the
Western New York area. People will be able to visit the site and learn about
the Hispanic veterans who fought in World War I, World War II, and the Korean
War.
The
committee hopes to raise $225,000 in donations. As of Jan. 24 the
committee has raised $42,758.
“We need to let people know, the city
know, the world know, what they did for us, they risked their lives, people
don’t know that,” Dinorah Santos, committee secretary said.
Santos’s
son is active in the Air Force.
The
project has received support from businesses and local councilmen, who will
also be honored on the site.
The
committee plans to debut the Hispanic American Veteran’s Monument on Memorial Day.
The
committee was formed in 2011 made up of Hispanic-American veterans from the
area.
They
meet once a month at the Belle Center on Maryland Avenue to discuss the
progress, funding, and other initiatives to build the monument.
