Oregon City Veterans Memorial Plaza Restoration Gets VFW Donation

OREGON CITY, OR — For two years, Oregon City has been working with Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1324 to renovate the Veterans Memorial Plaza at Mountain View Cemetery. On Wednesday, the VFW Post gave the city $12,000 to help with the project.

"We were looking for ways to modernize the plaza, make it accessible and safer," Commander Greg Arnold said. "I was honored to sit in on the planning process and help provide valuable input and guidance."

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The memorial honors all veterans. Sixteen memorial plaques honoring soldiers, sailors, and other service members who lost their lives in the line of duty.

"We are so grateful to the VFW Post 1324 for their partnership," Oregon City Mayor Rachel Lyles Smith. "It is our honor and obligation to help ensure that service members and branches of the military are appropriately recognized.

"This significant gift from the VFW will go a long way in moving forward the historic work that is happening at the Veterans Memorial Plaza."