Warroad Veterans Memorial Honors Veterans

by Laurel Latham

"The real heroes wear camo." T.J. Oshie

The Warroad city crew mowed the grass to a smooth green carpet. Sunny Wilmer, Nancy Lien, Cindy Sandahl and Marlene Lewis planted an array of fresh spring flowers.

Gabe Richards and Ron Tveit replaced the weather-faded flags with fresh crisp flags that waved and snapped in the breeze.

The fragrant Memorial Day wreath, designed by Bloomin' Creations, was in place, drawing attention to the mission statement on the memorial: The Mission of the Warroad Veterans Memorial is to honor in perpetuity the memory of area uniformed servicemen and wo...