Fallen Warriors Memorial to get more bricks honoring veterans

Organizers of the Fallen Warriors Memorial in Morgan City, which was unveiled on Veterans Day 2014, encourage anyone who wants to purchase a brick honoring a veteran to get their orders in by the Sept. 8 deadline.
Marc Distefano, co-chairman of the Fallen Warriors Memorial committee, said when the memorial opened, it included bricks people purchased to honor any veterans they wanted to recognize.
Since that time, Distefano and other organizers have received lots of inquiries about how to order more bricks to honor their loved ones, he said.
Therefore, Distefano met with Morgan City officials who are now working to expand the Walk of Honor that leads up to the memorial to make room for up to 250 bricks to be installed at the memorial ahead of Veterans Day 2015, he said.
The memorial, which is located on the grounds outside the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium across the street from the Morgan City Petting Zoo, honors veterans from the Tri-City area who were killed in combat or died while serving during a war.
The memorial was built in a pentagon shape and includes statues depicting three soldiers; a World War I doughboy, a soldier representing World War II, Korea, and Vietnam G.I., and a modern day soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan. The middle soldier, dressed in a G.I. uniform, is kneeling while handing an American flag to a young boy to represent the passing of the responsibility to protect our freedom to the next generation.
Behind the statues is a wall of honor with names of each soldier who was killed in combat and the names of soldiers who died of other causes while serving in a war. Benches surround the memorial.
To order additional bricks honoring any veteran, active-duty or retired, living or deceased, visit fallenwarriorsmemorialmorgancity.com. Click on the “Donation” tab, and then download the brick order form on that page. For more information on ordering bricks, contact Fallen Warriors Memorial Co-Chairman Terry Mayon at 985-518-0662 or tmayon@bellsouth.net.
Also, Morgan City Main Street will have a booth at the Shrimp & Petroleum Festival where visitors can pick up brick order forms, Distefano said.

This story was written by Zachary Fitzgerald of The Daily Review staff. Reach him at zfitzgerald@daily-review.com