Brian and Carol Sosner of The Vets Park show the latest plans for Veterans Memorial Park at Academy Place and Order forms for Inscribed Bricks at the Orleans Outermost Festival. (10/11/24)
Get those brick and bench orders in NOW ahead of Memorial Day 2025 for your lasting tribute! (10/11/24)
SEE OUR CONSTRUCTION START PHOTO BELOW.
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As is customary at Marine birthay celebrations, the eldest Marine cuts the first piece of cake to serve to the youngest Marine attending. Here the elder Howard Kucks celebrates with Michael Nocella, the youngest Marine and Board Member of Veterans Memorial Park, Inc. The delicious cake was generously donated by Hole-in-One of Orleans and Eastham and enjoyed by all! 11/10/22)
Ground Breaking 03/27/2025. See pess release.
Photos from the Memorial Day 2022 Event
Courtesy of the Cape Code Chronicle and Ryan Bray
Above: Veterans Park Renovation Launch kickoff was held Sat April 30th 2022 with tours, live local music and food. See the Press Release in the Stay Connected section.
Coast Guard bell in springtime. This too will be refurbished and relocated.
Above: State Representatives Tim Whelan (USMC) and Sarah Peake, and Select Board member Mike Herman join Brigadier General Jimmy Dishner (USAF), Senior Chief Jon Fuller (US Navy) , and Orleans Fire Chaplain Wesley Williams and others. (Source: a tribute and service for Veterans Day, November 11, 2021 at Academy Place.)
Above: Many paying tribute were in attendance with support from the Nauset Middle School Band.
Gathering and reflective areas with new pathways and memorials are in store!
With the WWII monument as the focal point, Veterans Day and the Holiday Season serve to emphasize the significance of Veterans Memorial Park at Academy Place!
A tribute to those who serve(d) from WWI (featured above right) to the present day (above left). There are currently 349 Orleans veterans identified on the memorials from the Civil War through World War II. Please see our plan to replace, relocate, and add memorials. The ability for naming opportunities in the Park to honor any Veteran will also be provided.