May 2025
Memorial Day 2025
I was on my own for Memorial Day and decided I would like to attend a remembrance ceremony. Rather than just go to any cemetery, I decided to take Murphy (our dog) and visit the site of a past project at Fletcher Cemetery near Hobart. The ceremony was short, but heartfelt. It was put on by the American Legion, including a 21 gun salute. (Murphy wasn’t too thrilled with that!)
Over the years, Easterday Construction Co., Inc. has completed a myriad of projects, but to the best of my knowledge, the work at the Fletcher Cemetery Veterans Memorial is the only cemetery project we have built. In 2014, we constructed the small memorial plaza as it exists today. Part of that project was the relocation of the existing memorial obelisk. Tom Lenker of Lenker Services was who we trusted to partner with us on that move. His skill in rigging and machine control were essential. We were all a little nervous considering this was a one-of-a-kind, historic piece of art with a lot of local history and affection.
The new Veterans Memorial was dedicated 10 years ago on Memorial Day, 2015. We got to meet some dedicated veterans as we worked through that project including Hobie Martin, father of Brent Martin, the Architect that designed the plaza. Hobie passed a few years ago and is missed.
The site still looks good. Dedication bricks have been added to the plaza over the years, but otherwise it is mostly unchanged. It was nice to revisit an old project site and remember those specific veterans we worked with there as well as all the other veterans that have passed in service of our country.
