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On Saturday, July 2, members of the Stewartville Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and American Legion Post 164 raised the American flag at the hopefully soon-to-be-completed Veterans Memorial Park near the south entrance to the city.
"We wanted to have the U.S. flag up for the Fourth of July," said Roger Peterson, former Legion and VFW commander and a member of the Veterans Memorial Park Committee.
VFW and Legion members are still awaiting the day when the new park will officially open to the public. Roger Barsness, another member of the Park Committee, said he's not exactly sure when that will happen...
For more on this story pick up your copy of the July 12 Stewartville STAR.