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Wall of Honor recognized at ALPS 2011
The Wall of Honor Committee was the recipient of the 2011 Alpine Sun Newsmaker Award at the Alpine Leadership and Public Service Awards held recently. This is the second year in a row that the Wall of Honor has been recognized with this honor!
In addition, Wall of Honor committee members were recognized by the Alpine Community Center, and Chairman Dan Foster was recognized by the Kiwanis Club of Alpine for his leadership with this project.
A book about the Wall is in the works!
A book tentatively titled "Mission Honored - A Dream Achieved - True stories of Veterans on the Alpine Wall of Honor" is in the works. For more details or to order an advance copy, click here. If you have purchased a tile and would be willing to be interviewed for possible inclusion in the book, please send us an email.
Purple Heart recipient Malcolm Farrington talks about his service
Photojournalist Ron Cook happened to meet Malcolm Farrington at the Wall of Honor on the 4th of July. Malcolm shares some of the details of his service, and what it means to finally be thanked for risking his life for our freedom: Click here for Malcolm's story.
Labor of Love January 29, 2011
Construction was kicked off January 29th with a Labor of Love. Our thanks go to photojournalist Ron Cook for preparing this video of the day's ceremonies.