The Central Texas Veterans Memorial is targeting Memorial Day for the dedication of a new playground and restroom facility at the site, located at 2500 Morris Sheppard Drive in Brownwood.
Harold Stieber, Dennis Rumfeld, and Julie Hahn – representing the Central Texas Veterans Memorial – were interviewed by KOXE radio Friday morning discussing the project.
“We’re shooting for Memorial Day, and that’s kind of aggressive, but you have to start somewhere,” Rumfeld said.
The idea for the Michael Craig Ledsome Memorial Playground, as it will be called, came following discussions with Gold Star families regarding the military operations that followed the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the United States – Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan from Oct. 7, 2001 to Dec. 31, 2014 and Operation Iraqi Freedom from March 20, 2003 to Dec. 18, 2011.