The focal point of the Murphy Veterans Tribute is a bronze statue of a kneeling GI holding a rifle and U.S. flag. The design is copyright, Randolph Rose Collection, Yonkers, N.Y. Courtesy Randolph-Rose Collection
After eight years of planning and fundraising, the Murphy Veterans Tribute (MVT) has found a home in the City Hall Complex.
Reagan Rothenberger, director of community and economic development, said city staff and members of the MVT board had agreed on a location on the grassy boulevard island farthest east from the flagpoles in front of the building.
The new location replaces a wooded area next to the amphitheater in Central Park that was designated by the city in August 2017.
Rothenberger said the island has electric and water connections and adequate parking.
The tribute would consist of a 6-foot-wide walkway facing City Hall with six stone benches along the walk. Each bench would be engraved with the name of a military service branch and 120 individual pavestones honoring veterans would be inset into the ground.
The focal point of the tribute would be a cast bronze monument of a life size soldier at the western end of the walk.
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