Boynton war vets to add monuments to Bicentennial Park

The Boynton Veterans’ Council has plans to install additional monuments to the two that are already erected in Bicentennial Park, located at the corner of Boynton Beach Boulevard and Federal Highway.

Tom Kaiser, spokesman for the council, said in addition to the two monuments in the center of the park, the group has plans to erect a World War I monument at 10 a.m. Nov. 11.

The theme of the new WWI monument is a pigeon with a medal around its neck to celebrate the bird that flew to the American forces to deliver a note that 500 American soldiers were in danger.

“The war was over in 1918, but 500 soldiers were surrounded by 5,000 Germans,” Kaiser said. “The Germans shot the pigeon down, but it got back up and flew 30 miles to deliver the note. The soldiers were eventually rescued.”

Kaiser said the new monument would be 42 inches tall and 28 inches wide and would be crafted by Lake Worth Monument, who crafted the original two already standing.

The Veterans’ Council has no plans to stop there.

On Dec. 7, the council also plans to erect a Pearl Harbor monument, with the theme WWII and the Arizona, one of the ships that were destroyed by the attack of Pearl Harbor.

“Half the people that died that day were on the Arizona,” Kaiser said.

To donate or buy a memorial brick, call Tom Kaiser at 561-276-1796.

Read more about this story in the July 1 issue of the Boynton Forum.

Mike Rothman can be reached at mkrothman@tribune.com.

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Mike Rothman
Mike Rothman graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and a Master’s Degree in Management. He grew up in South Florida and has been back working here since July 2006. Mike wrote for numerous publications previously including the Gainesville Sun, GatorBait Magazine and Inspin.com, where he was the NBA Expert.

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He also enjoys provoking his fellow Hometown Downtown columnist, Dave DiPino, for the sake of good stories, of course. He can be reached at mkrothman@tribune.com or at 954-871-1233.