The walls have been raised for a veterans memorial under construction near the Roseburg Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, but post members are a long way from raising enough money to complete the project. Post Commander Mike Eakin said the post has received a lot of donated labor and materials, but still needs to raise at least $50,000. “We’re getting a lot of help in-kind, but we could use some bucks to get us through,” he said. Combat veterans will be eligible to have their names engraved on the marble Veterans Remembrance Memorial outside the post on Northeast Walnut Street. …
Roseburg VFW post undertakes ambitious project to honor combat veterans
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