On Friday afternoon Nov. 8, I met with a member from the L.A. County Parks Dept. in front of the new war memorial in Two Strike Park. As we were talking about the Veterans Day service, we noticed that someone had scratched three of the bronze name plaques. I have a very hard time trying […]
Not just brick and mortar, the Memorial Wall at Two Strike Park has a foundation of community support. By Mary O’KEEFE and Jason KUROSU “It stops your life at that moment. At 5:45 in the morning, when that doorbell rang, Carolyn jumped up and said, ‘Oh no.’” That is how Paul Steinbacher described the worst […]
As veterans from the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars watched, four stone slabs were installed on the nearly completed Two Strike Park War Memorial Wall this week. The last piece to be placed will be the bronze plaques with the names of those Crescenta Valley military men and women who paid the ultimate […]