Statues created by Veterans Memorial Museum-Branson owner Fred Hoppe added to Veterans Park in Beatrice NE
Statues added to Veterans Park 
By Chris Dunker/Daily Sun staff writer
A new sentry has been posted at Beatrice’s Veterans’ Memorial Park.
The sculpture is the first in a long-term vision for transforming the park, project coordinator Verdella Vetrovsky said.
“The sculpture has been in our vision for a long time,” Vetrovsky said.
She admitted the Rotary Club and committee interested in purchasing statues for Veteran’s Memorial Park had always had their eye on Malcolm sculptor Fred Hoppe.
“We always wanted Fred Hoppe to do it because he is a local Nebraskan and his work at the Branson Memorial Museum is very, very good,” Vetrovsky said.
The first statue was set into concrete Thursday morning near the road. Vetrovsky hopes more statues memorializing veterans from other wars and branches of the military can be purchased and placed at the park.
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By Chris Dunker/Daily Sun staff writer
A new sentry has been posted at Beatrice’s Veterans’ Memorial Park.
Photo by Chris Dunker/Daily Sun staff
Sculptor Fred Hoppe of Malcolm, left, and crew position his sculpture of a World War II soldier Thursday morning at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Beatrice. Hoppe created a sculpture he says memorializes Beatrice and Gage County men who served and died in that war.
The World War II-era memorial statue holds a look with a ‘thousand-yard stare,’ his rifle held firmly in his hands.Sculptor Fred Hoppe of Malcolm, left, and crew position his sculpture of a World War II soldier Thursday morning at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Beatrice. Hoppe created a sculpture he says memorializes Beatrice and Gage County men who served and died in that war.
The sculpture is the first in a long-term vision for transforming the park, project coordinator Verdella Vetrovsky said.
“The sculpture has been in our vision for a long time,” Vetrovsky said.
She admitted the Rotary Club and committee interested in purchasing statues for Veteran’s Memorial Park had always had their eye on Malcolm sculptor Fred Hoppe.
“We always wanted Fred Hoppe to do it because he is a local Nebraskan and his work at the Branson Memorial Museum is very, very good,” Vetrovsky said.
The first statue was set into concrete Thursday morning near the road. Vetrovsky hopes more statues memorializing veterans from other wars and branches of the military can be purchased and placed at the park.
To read the rest of the story click here:
http://www.beatricedailysun.com
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