PRESS RELEASE (STAMFORD,CT) - Jul 14th 2012
A larger than life bronze statue of Medal of Honor recipient Homer L. Wise, one of the most decorated combat soldiers of WW2, will be unveiled and dedicated in Stamford, CT on Friday evening November 9, 2012. Following the war Sgt. Wise lived in Stamford and was an Army recruiter there. He died 1974.
The remarkable statue by sculptor Janice Mauro will be the centerpiece of Veterans Park, located on Main Street in downtown Stamford.
All of Amerca’s living Medal of Honor recipients are being invited to the dinner event. Paul W. Bucha, a Connecticut resident who received the Medal of Honor for heroic action during the Vietnam War and who has traveled the country energizing support for veterans, will be one of the principal speakers. General Lloyd Austin, Vice Chief of Staff, US Army, has been invited by Mayor Michael Pavia to be the keynote speaker. (General Austin is expected to attend.)
Former network news correspondent Morton Dean will be the Master of Ceremonies. Both Bucha and Dean are members of the Sgt. Homer L. Wise Memorial Committee. The Committee was created by James S. Vlasto, a former Connecticut resident whose family personally knew Sgt. Wise. Over 80 thousand dollars has been raised by the committee, mostly in small denominations, from citizens, many of them veterans, from all across the USA. The fundraising effort is in its final stage.
The dedication of the statue will also mark another initiative taken by Mayor Pavia, the launch of a campaign to relocate and expand the “Museum of Black World War Two History.” This effort began as a dream of one man, Bruce Bird, in Pownal, VT, to honor the extraordinary service of more than one million African Americans who fought valiantly for a nation that had not yet granted them equal rights. Mr. Bird now lives in Stamford.
As you can see, the event on November 9 in Stamford will celebrate and nurture several important elements of the US Army - and the American - experience. Honor. Courage. Loyalty. Patriotism. Brotherhood.
A larger than life bronze statue of Medal of Honor recipient Homer L. Wise, one of the most decorated combat soldiers of WW2, will be unveiled and dedicated in Stamford, CT on Friday evening November 9, 2012. Following the war Sgt. Wise lived in Stamford and was an Army recruiter there. He died 1974.
The remarkable statue by sculptor Janice Mauro will be the centerpiece of Veterans Park, located on Main Street in downtown Stamford.
All of Amerca’s living Medal of Honor recipients are being invited to the dinner event. Paul W. Bucha, a Connecticut resident who received the Medal of Honor for heroic action during the Vietnam War and who has traveled the country energizing support for veterans, will be one of the principal speakers. General Lloyd Austin, Vice Chief of Staff, US Army, has been invited by Mayor Michael Pavia to be the keynote speaker. (General Austin is expected to attend.)
Former network news correspondent Morton Dean will be the Master of Ceremonies. Both Bucha and Dean are members of the Sgt. Homer L. Wise Memorial Committee. The Committee was created by James S. Vlasto, a former Connecticut resident whose family personally knew Sgt. Wise. Over 80 thousand dollars has been raised by the committee, mostly in small denominations, from citizens, many of them veterans, from all across the USA. The fundraising effort is in its final stage.
The dedication of the statue will also mark another initiative taken by Mayor Pavia, the launch of a campaign to relocate and expand the “Museum of Black World War Two History.” This effort began as a dream of one man, Bruce Bird, in Pownal, VT, to honor the extraordinary service of more than one million African Americans who fought valiantly for a nation that had not yet granted them equal rights. Mr. Bird now lives in Stamford.
As you can see, the event on November 9 in Stamford will celebrate and nurture several important elements of the US Army - and the American - experience. Honor. Courage. Loyalty. Patriotism. Brotherhood.
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