Walk of Honor to open on Veterans Day

HONESDALE — Wayne Memorial Hospital began back in 1920, as a memorial to Wayne County veterans who had lost their lives in World War I.
The hospital’s current chief executive officer, David Hoff, sponsored one of 17 podiums at the new Wayne County Walk of Honor. Each podium in the Walk, a project of the Wayne County Business and Professional Women (BPW), features the names of servicemen and -women buried in Wayne County, a national cemetery, or overseas.
The Walk of Honor is on Court Street, next to the county courthouse, and is expected to officially open on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2016. A ceremony scheduled for 11 a.m. will honor the 9,000 soldiers whose names grace the podiums. The site also includes a map of Wayne County cemeteries and a central monument with insignias from all branches of the military.
“We are grateful to Wayne Memorial and our other sponsors,” said Betty deMaye Caruth of BPW, “and we welcome more. We will also need donations to continue to maintain the site. We hope people come and see it. It’s really a living testament to those who, by joining the military, signified their willingness to give up their lives for our freedom.”