Category Archives: Veterans Day

Brick Pavers Are Available

Some like to memorialize a family member, friend, or veterans group.  The The Orange County Memorial  walkways  provide this opportunity.  Engraved pavers are 4″ x 8″ and 8″ x 8″ in size and cost $100 and $200, respectively.

We have memorial brick program for the Orange County Veterans Memorial and it is available for mail order now.  We will expand our on-line options in time for Christmas orders.

Our immediate goal is to produce 2,300 individual pavers for the first phase of construction.  This is the flag plaza area.  You do not want to miss the opportunity to have your family or relative honored in the first 2,300-brick group.  Order your brick pavers now.  They are ready for ordering today.  Learn more

Visit the Memorial on Friday, November 10th, at 11 a.m. for our Veterans Day Ceremony.  And, while you are there, explore our first phase and view the architect’s sketches and samples at the entrance kiosk.  Learn more about this event.

Veterans Day at the Memorial Site

We do hope that you will join us to commemorate Veterans Day at the Orange County Veterans Memorial on Friday, November 10th.  Much has happened at the site since Memorial Day.  Walkways are appearing, there is a Visitors Kiosk, and the flag is proudly waving.  

Veterans Day is Nov 11th, and we are preparing for a ceremony at the site on Friday, Nov 10th at 11 a.m. Our speaker is Larry Hall, Secretary of State for Military & Veterans Affairs. Second Lieutenant Anna Page will serve as the Chaplain. We also look forward to the Civil Air Patrol assisting us. We will post an event program shortly.

Donations are picking up, but there is much yet to do.  We thank the Orange County Commissioners for their generous $15,000 matching fund.  That means that every private donor’s contribution will be matched dollar for dollar up to $15,000.  Why only private?  The memorial is a gift of the people and, although there are large donations, it is you who are the foundation to the memorial.  Your dollars are just as important and will comprise the bulk of the donations made.

Want to make a donation?  Just click here.

Veterans Day Breakfast and Veterans Memorial Site Dedication

Memorial Site miniVeterans Day 2016 starts at the Hillsborough Senior Center with a breakfast hosted by The Orange County Department on Aging.  Veterans are invited to a free breakfast hosted in their honor on Friday, Nov. 11, from 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.  Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Danny W. Hassell, U.S. Army, will be the guest speaker. The breakfast will take place at the Passmore Center, which is located at 103 Meadowlands Drive in Hillsborough.

Amedisys Home Health and Hospice, Orange County Department on Aging, and Orange County Department of Social Services are co-sponsoring the breakfast to show appreciation for veterans’ contribution and service to the United States.

To reserve seating, please call 919.245.2015 on or before Wednesday, Nov. 9.

After the breakfast, guests are invited to the Orange County Veterans Memorial Site Dedication. The ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. at the memorial site that is adjacent to Southern Human Services campus located at 2501 Homestead Road in Chapel Hill.

Transportation to and from the Veterans Memorial site dedication ceremony from the Passmore Center will be provided for the first 50 individuals to make reservations. The bus will leave from the Passmore Center at 10:30 a.m. and return around 1 p.m.  Parking is available at the memorial site.

For more information and to reserve transportation, please call 919.245.2015