Posted on November 15, 2007
The new Veterans’ Memorial Stadium will be expanded to incorporate memorial honors to those soldiers who lost their lives in foreign wars.
The current baseball stadium, which will be torn down to make room for the new baseball/softball field, features a memorial recognizing those soldiers who died during World War II. The new stadium would honor all Harrisonburg veterans who gave their lives during any foreign war.
Expansions for the stadium were announced after representatives from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, AMVETS, Ladies Auxiliary and Prisoner Of War/Missing in Action Riders joined with JMU officials, the city of Harrisonburg and U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte last Sunday to honor local veterans.
“The event on Sunday was not about construction,” Don Egle, university spokesman, said. “It was about honoring our veterans and expanding our memorial.”
The stadium is currently in its design phase, and it projected to cost around $7 million, according to Egle. As the previous stadium was not in good enough condition to renovate, as had been the original plan, it had to be rebuilt, adding to the cost. So far there is no news on when construction will begin or how long it will last.
While a lot of the information concerning the construction is still up in the air, Egle looks forward to the construction of the stadium and thinks that it could help the college community relate to those who have lost friends and family members due to foreign conflict.
He said, “It’s a wonderful thing, not only for the university but for the community.”
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