MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — As we honor the men and women who have served our country this Veterans Day, a group in Manitowoc is making sure some of America’s earliest veterans are not forgotten.
Ten Civil War veterans are getting new headstones at Evergreen Cemetery, replacing markers that have stood for more than 150 years.
The Manitowoc County Civil War Round Table, working alongside Evergreen Cemetery and Hofmann Monuments in Two Rivers, is replacing the gravestones with new granite markers.
The original stones were made of sandstone, limestone and soapstone.
This isn’t the first time the group has taken on the project. Last Veterans Day, the organization replaced 11 veterans’ gravestones, along with four Grand Army of the Republic corner markers.
Organizers say the goal is simple: to make sure these veterans, and the sacrifices they made, are never forgotten.
