ABOVE, SEVERAL PHOTOS TAKEN FROM ALL SIDES OF THE VERY IMPRESSIVE NEW ALL-VETERANS MEMORIAL LOCATED NEXT TO THE RAILROAD  AND MILITARY MUSEUM AT THE RESTORED DEPOT IN DELMAR.     ALL VETERANS FROM THE AREA ARE INVITED TO THE DEDICATION OF THIS MEMORIAL THIS SATURDAY AT DELMAR.    IN FACT, EVERYONE IS INVITED.    THE GUEST SPEAKER WILL BE MONTY RAILSBACK, VICE-COMMANDER OF THE    AMERICAN LEGION OF IOWA.   THE MEMORIAL FEATURES A FLAG POLE
AND FLAG OF  EVERY MILITARY SERVICE AND THE U.S. FLAG IS IN THE MIDDLE ON A LARGER FLAG POLE.      THE PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS WILL RAISE THE FLAGS AND THE ENTIRE AREA WILL BE DECORATED WITH FLAGS FOR THE 12 NOON CEREMONY.      FRAN RILEY FROM KWQC-TV IN DAVENPORT, STEP-FATHER OF THE FIRST MARINE KILLED IN THE IRAQ WAR, WILL RAISE THE MARINE FLAG.    THE MEMORIAL, SURROUNDED BY A BRICK
SIDEWALK WITH BENCHES,  WILL BE UNDER LIGHTING ALL NIGHT LONG,
EVERY NIGHT.    SATURDAY AFTER THE NOON CEREMONY,  EVERYONE WILL
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW  TWO MOBILE MILITARY MUSEUMS THAT
WILL BE ON HAND SATURDAY ONLY AND THERE WILL BE TIME TO TOUR
THE RAILROAD DEPOT AND THE VERY EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF RAILROAD
ITEMS OF BYGONE YEARS.    YES,THERE WILL BE FREE REFRESHMENTS
FOR EVERYONE.   
THIS IS WORTH SEEING.  HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT SATURDAY OR SOMETIME
SOON.
CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM.
DENNIS VOY