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Teen starts veterans memorial project.(Simon Sharp's project )(Brief article)
Simon Sharp, a 14-year-old in the town of Celebration, Florida, thought about a worthwhile activity he could perform as his Eagle Scout project. Showing appreciation to our nation's military veterans, who have given so much of themselves to our country, meant a lot to him, and so Simon decided to build a veterans memorial in Celebration, all on his own!
Like all such projects, Simon's began with fundraising. He sells patriotic pins, at five dollars each, to fund the memorial.
"The pin has boots, a gun and a helmet, which in World War II when they would bury the bodies, they'd place the gun and the helmet as sort of a gravestone or cross," he told WESH TV-2 ...
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