Valencia teen creates monument to veterans at Glade Run Cemetery
Being a Boy Scout means a lot to Sam Everson.
So does military service and honoring veterans.
So when it came to determining his Eagle Scout project, the Valencia resident and high school junior at Aquinas Academy decided to combine the two.
“I knew I wanted to do something for the veterans,” Sam said. “Glade Run Cemetery is five minutes from where I live, and I discovered there are so many military veterans buried here.”
Plenty of history has been buried with them.
Glade Run Cemetery in Middlesex Township contains graves of 125 veterans, including one — Robert Thompson — dating to the Revolutionary War. The cemetery has existed since 1812.
No memorial monument existed to recognize the veterans' sacrifice to country — until Sam came along.
“The more I started to research the history of these people, the more vested in the project I became,” he said.
Sam began his work on researching the veterans buried in the cemetery and the creation of a monument on their behalf in April of 2019.
His completed Eagle Scout project culminated Saturday morning with a veterans' memorial dedication ceremony at the cemetery.
Read more in Monday's Butler Eagle
