Mon, May 29 – Statue Dedication Honoring Local Soldiers

Local sculptor Christopher Slatoff works on the Enduring Heroes Memorial statue (Photo – pasadenacf.org, dana p bouton/dpb photography).

Enduring Heroes, a group of Pasadena area residents and Gold Star families, will honor local hometown soldiers from Pasadena, Altadena, La Canada Flintridge, and San Marino, with a permanent monument in Pasadena.

Enduring Heroes (EH) is a multi-faceted project for the Greater Pasadena and Southern California areas, which has been underway for 18 months. EH required a comprehensive proposal to the City of Pasadena and received a 7 to 0 enthusiastic approval form Pasadena’s City Council in late September 2015.

EH is led by the Pasadena Gold Star families, who have tragically lost a son or daughter in combat and are an ethnically diverse group, like our military, together with a group of concerned local citizens who believe that paying tribute to our home town heroes and simultaneously increasing military awareness are vital pursuits, especially in today’s turbulent world.

Honored soldiers

• Army First Lieutenant, Todd J. Bryant, 23 – Khaldiya, Iraq, 10/31/03
• Marine Second Lieutenant JP Blecksmith, 24 – Fallujah, Iraq, 11/11/04
• Marine Lance Cpl, Dion M. Whitley, 21 – Ramadi, Iraq, 6/15/05
• Marine Lance Cpl, Sergio H. Escobar, 18 – Ramadi, Iraq, 10/9/05
• Army Reserve Specialist, Carla Jane Stewart, 37 – Tallil, Iraq, 1/28/07
• Army Specialist, Adam J. Rosema, 27 – Baquba, Iraq, 3/14/07
• Army Private First Class, Cory F. Hiltz, 20 – Baghdad, Iraq, 6/28,07
• Marine Lance Cpl, Rogelio A. Ramirez, 21 – Al Anbar Province, Iraq, 8/26/07
• Army Specialist, William J. Gilbert, 24 – Sanjaray, Afghanistan, 5/14/13
• Army Green Beret SSG, Scott R. Studenmund, 24 – Gaza Village, Afghanistan, 6/9/14
• Army Sergeant, Joseph F. Stifter, 30 – Al Anbar Province, Iraq, 1/28/16

The statue is made by artist Christopher Slatoff, and will be dedicated on Memorial Day, in Defenders Park (corner of Orange Grove and Colorado).

Date/Time
05/29/2017
3:00 pm

Location
Defenders Park

Source: pasadenacf.org