Marines raising money for monument

ASHLAND, Ky. (AP) — Old Marines aren’t the type to shy away from a challenge, which may explain why members of the Greenbo Detachment of the Marine Corps League are hitting the streets and scheduling meetings with local business and community leaders in the days before Christmas.

They’re joining Ashland, Kentucky’s mayor in raising money for a memorial monument to honor Gold Star families.

The Gold Star Families monument is an effort by Medal of Honor recipient Hershel "Woody" Williams, of Huntington, whose foundation has already worked to establish two of the memorials. The local effort would establish the first Gold Star memorial monument in Kentucky, and is proposed to be located at the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Northeast.

Some elements of the design remain to be determined, but the monument is expected to be a memorial for each of the nation’s five military branches

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