The Concerned Veterans of Louisiana is trying to a get a Heroes’ Monument rebuilt. If you would like to make a donation to help this process along please visit their site.  From what Tommy told me, Veterans will be able to purchase tiles that can be placed on the monument.  Here is a little bit more from the person spearheading this operation, Tommy Tabor.

“My name is Tommy Tabor, of Thibodaux, LA. I am spear heading a group of Veterans, firefighters, and law enforcement officers to help build Heroes’ Monument.

I began, my drive in 1991, when the Veteran Memorial Monument was blown over, by a rain storm, one night. The monument laid in the grass in Heroes’ Park. I would go there and cut the grass around the fallen marble plates myself .The park maintaince dept. would cut around the area with a tractor, but no one would trim around the fallen plates.The people who collected money for, and built the monument,  in my mind , turned their backs on this monument. I begged the park administrator to pick up the marble plates and rebuild the monument. I went to the Lafourche Parish Council Meeting to do away with the destroyed monument and build a new one. At that time, I got no, help from the the parish or the recreation park administrator, with this monument. I set out to build a new monument…”