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The Honoring All Veterans Memorial will host a Memorial Day program Monday, May 30 at 2 p.m.
The Richfield monument has been built by union labor and union contractors and features a statue of the late Charles Lindberg, a member of IBEW Local 292 who as a young U.S. Marine was part of the original flag-raising team on Iwo Jima during World War II.
The monument broke ground in 2007 and following years have brought continuing additions. This year’s Memorial Day event will mark the unveiling of additional veterans’ names at the monument.
A memorial honoring a Richfield U.S. Civil War veteran, John O. Dolson, also will be unveiled. This new installation features a plaque telling Dolson’s story and his headstone from a Confederate army cemetery — where he was buried in a case of mistaken identity.
Union contractor Bulach Custom Rock, Inver Grove Heights, donated labor and materials for the Dolson memorial.
The May 30 event will feature the Minnesota National Guard’s 34th Infantry Division “Red Bull” Concert Band and Co. A., First Minnesota Civil War Re-enactors.
The Honoring All Veterans Memorial is located at 6429 Portland Ave. in Richfield. For more information, call 612-861-9395.