The new African American Veterans Monument at the Buffalo and Erie County Military & Naval Park will not be ready for Memorial Day. Work is underway, and a dream that took years to come together is expected to be unveiled with full ceremonies in September.
Assembly Member Crystal Peoples-Stokes and Warren Galloway, chairman of the effort, discuss the schedule for planning the African American Veterans Monument in the early days of the effort.
“Too often you can walk around with a hard shell when inside you feel like you’re disintegrating,” said Tommy McClam, who with Daniel Robertson coordinates Breaking Barriers – a program for young men of color.
Many continue to visit the memorial on Jefferson Avenue, dedicated to the 10 men and women killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at Tops supermarket on May 14. Photo taken Wednesday, May 25, 2022.
Three friends of Aaron Salter, the retired police officer killed in the Tops Markets massacre on May 14, are at the center of a scholarship at Hutchinson Central Technical High School, where Salter graduated almost 40 years ago. The annual award will go to a student “mechanically inclined and interested in improving upon existing technology in such a way that would make life easier and better for future generations,” someone whose work ethic and civic passion echo Salter’s.
Assembly Member Crystal Peoples-Stokes and Warren Galloway, chairman of the effort, discuss the schedule for planning the African American Veterans Monument in the early days of the effort.
Many continue to visit the memorial on Jefferson Avenue, dedicated to the 10 men and women killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at Tops supermarket on May 14. Photo taken Wednesday, May 25, 2022.
