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New wall, 900 names to be added at memorial

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Blank, stainless steel plating was removed from three of the panels at the Wall of Honor in Baish Veterans’ Park last week and shipped to Albuquerque, where the plates will be engraved with the names of hundreds of additional local veterans. Brandon Messick - Daily Press
Blank, stainless steel plating was removed from three of the panels at the Wall of Honor in Baish Veterans’ Park last week and shipped to Albuquerque, where the plates will be engraved with the names of hundreds of additional local veterans.
Brandon Messick – Daily Press

By BRANDON MESSICK

Daily Press Staff Writer

The memorial at Baish Veterans’ Park, which has been a fixture in front of City Hall since it was erected by the Artesia MainStreet organization in November of 2012, will be getting a slight facelift in time for Veteran’s Day.

Three of the Wall of Honor’s blank, stainless steel plates have been sent to Waterjet Cutting Inc. in Albuquerque, where fresh names will be engraved. … For the rest of the story, subscribe in print and on the web.

 

 

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