To the Editor,

The garden on the Elm Street side of the library was dedicated, many years ago, as the city’s World War I Memorial Park. Over the last few years, Chapter 7 of the DAV, has added memorials in honor of those who were in the military during World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Desert Storm.

The Colonel Thomas Robeson Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution installed a memorial to help us remember those who fought in our Revolutionary War, and the Robeson Rifle Guards Camp 216 of the Sons of the Confederacy contributed a monument for the War Between the States.

One of the last things I did, before retiring as director of the library, was to ask people to contribute to a memorial honoring those who were in the service during the Spanish American War. Men from all over Robeson County fought in that war. And people from all over Robeson County made contributions for the memorial: John and Clyde McKee, Anna A. Kovalenko, Bill and Mayme Tubbs, Merle and Ann Summers, Gerald Tyner, Gene Hackney, Terry Floyd, Horace and Joan Stacy, Carey Pulley, Jayne Huggins, the Knights of Columbus, Bob and Betty Fisher, Dick and Lenore Taylor, and the Robeson Rifle Guards helped with the project.

On Nov. 11, at 11 a.m., the DAV will have a brief ceremony where we can be together to remember those who served us in the military. The “library’s” garden is the proper place for a veteran’s memorial. You can learn more about our participation in those wars from the library, an institution that is dedicated to providing as much information as possible, from all viewpoints, and not censored by a dictatorial government.

We live in the best country in the world because of the people who served in the military and preserved out way of life. Visit the public library in Lumberton and spend some time in the garden. It will help you with your priorities.

Bob Fisher

Lumberton