The Pelican Woods Cemetery is Breezy Point will see an “All Veterans” memorial in the near future due to a grant that was given the cemetery (city) this past year from the Fletcher Foundation. The Breezy Point Cemetery Commission has been actively pursuing this goal with hopes of having a sculpture and benches installed by fall.
The Breezy Point Cemetery Commission is a group of 6 individuals and a city council liaison who share a passion for the management and betterment of the cemetery. They address the needs of contract maintenance, garden development and weekly maintenance of the cemetery through coordination of the “Friends of the Cemetery”. The Friends of the Cemetery are a group of people who meet on a weekly basis every Monday morning at 10:00 am to assist in the maintenance and improvement of the cemetery grounds. If you are interested in participating as a Friend of the Cemetery you can show up at the cemetery on Monday morning. The volunteer effort is largely one of gardening but they have also assisted in portions of projects accomplished at the cemetery.
The project this year has been the Veterans Memorial. This has been a long awaited venture that is only possible due to the grant received. As stated the memorial will include a sculpture what will be built by Jeff Kreitz. Some of you may recognize him but for those who do not he is a local artist with many projects under his hand. I’m sure you have seen his Moose along Ski Chalet Drive. The sculpture will be an image of a non-gendered person with a purple heart. A couple of stone benches are to be established in the area of the sculpture. Accomplishing all this will involve some fill and compaction in the area of the memorial. The memorial is to be located at the fork in the road.
The scope of the project is limited at this point but the cemetery commission would like to continue to improve the memorial as time and funds permit. Fund raising has started by soliciting general donations but the thought has also been to also sell some form of paving bricks/stones which commemorate veterans of all branches of service. If you have an interest in a donation please forward it to Breezy Point City Hall. Your donations are tax deductible.
