The New Glarus Veterans Park would like to thank all donors to the Park over the last 10 years. It seems like yesterday that we were before the New Glarus Village Board to get approval of the Veterans Park site and then started our fundraising. We had many very generous donors. The New Glarus Community Foundation has been very generous to the New Glarus Veterans Park over all these years as well. We could not have completed the Park without all of you. Currently, we have no plans to add more memorials or benches.

We are still taking brick orders and have plenty of room to place the bricks, so please order a brick honoring a Veteran that is a relative or a friend. If you notice that a brick is wrong or a name is missing on an existing marker, please let us know. You may contact Bill Hustad at (608) 576-3025 or email at wfhus1@tds.net if you have any questions.

The Park Board consists of Bill Hustad, Bill Kuenzi, Ron Kittleson, Doug Oppliger and Linda Stolts. These individuals represent the Veterans Groups and Auxiliaries in New Glarus. Ron Foster had the idea for the Park and got the ball rolling, Allen Fjelstad was a long time member of our Board; we miss these two Veterans that devoted so much time to this wonderful Park.

We now have a concrete walkway into the Park from the Parking Lot, giving handicap accessibility to the Park.

Veterans Park donations are still needed to maintain the Park and add names to Markers as needed. We are in the process of setting up an endowment fund at the Community Foundation, we have $5,000 to put toward the endowment fund and need to raise another $5,000 to complete the setup of the Fund. Monetary donations should be made out to New Glarus Veterans Memorial Park Fund. All donations of any size are welcome from any group, individual, or organization. Please mail to Community Foundation, PO Box 733, Monroe, WI 53566. The New Glarus Veteran’s Memorial Park is part of the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin which is a 501c3 entity, and therefore all contributions are tax deductible.