In a community this small, no one's tragedy occurs in a vacuum. When a
soldier falls in war, when a family loses a child, when someone loses a
parent or a spouse or a sibling, when an accident happens, it affects
all who know and care for that family. It affects their children's
friends, their coworkers, the neighbors, the schoolmates, etc. The
impact ripples through the community.
It is fitting that Kingsbury and those who helped him create this
monument (Stan Barosky of the Couples Club, Ed Read of the Mad River
Valley Garden Center, Fred Viens of Viens Excavating, Jim Parker of
Parker Aviation, Bill Pring of Pring Plumbing and Steve Miller, and
others) chose the Couples Club Recreation field for its location.
It's fitting that the next generation of softball and baseball players
will play next to a memorial for three fallen soldiers who were also
avid athletes. And they weren't just soldiers and athletes. They were
sons and brothers, best friends and sweethearts.
They were Bobby Fielder, Waitsfield, Brian Orr, Waitsfield, and Wendell Weston, Warren.
They will be remembered now by their friends and families and also by
those who play ball at the Couples Club Field and by those who attend
the ball games. They will not be forgotten, nor will their sacrifice.
Thanks to all who made this possible.
{loadnavigation}
