Letter from Veronica Gil Seaver

Consider a New, Larger Memorial

My late husband, Bob Seaver, who was on a destroyer in the Pacific during World War II as a naval officer, always felt that the memorial on Pine Boulevard was not very substantial to represent what happened. He hoped it would be replaced with a larger memorial in character with the Civil War and World War I memorials on Pine Boulevard.

Therefore, I am thinking the energy and monies going into a proposed viewing platform on Pioneer Street, and for those who wanted veterans’ banners, a substantial new monument—to represent World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the war in Afghanistan, the Iraq war, and many other conflicts—might be more in character with our village.

Veronica Gil Seaver
Cooperstown