- Date
- 2010-07
- Kind
- Construction
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritageconstructionmilitarycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In July 2010, AmVets began building Beaver Island Veteran’s Park after the townships and Wolverine gave the project permission to proceed. The report describes a groundbreaking led by the Island’s oldest veteran, Carl Felix, and the first construction work.
Evidence limits
This is a construction-progress report, not a completion record or final park design.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- AMVETS announced a September 5 breakfast at Holy Cross Hall and said proceeds would support construction of the Veterans Memorial Park. This is a fundraising announcement, not an accounting of proceeds or park completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002662
- Beaver Beacon, August 2010, "Beaver Island Veteran's Park" and "Ground Breaking / Build."Reports AmVets beginning work after Wolverine and the townships authorized the project, including Carl Felix's groundbreaking and initial forms, concrete, and masonry work. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the groundbreaking report and photographs.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-08_Beaver-Beacon
- An AMVETS Post 46 announcement invited the public to a July 6 groundbreaking at the former power-plant site; a July 11 follow-up reports forms, concrete, and named volunteer/material contributions. These are project-organizer updates that corroborate construction progress but do not independently establish permits, costs, or completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002538
- AMVETS reported that Carl Felix led the groundbreaking and that Jimmy Wojan was providing landscaping and earthwork. This is a first-party project update and is treated as corroboration of the reported construction start, not as a complete project record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002541
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island breaks ground on a Veteran's Park, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-veterans-park-groundbreaking-2010/, accessed [date], citing AMVETS Post 46, "AMVETS Post 46---Labor Day Breakfast," Beaver Island Forum, August 12, 2010. (and 4 further sources listed on the page).
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