BOERNE– Veterans Plaza was booming Monday morning as Main Street was shutdown and the concrete slabs of the memorial site were lined with city officials and residents to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the dedication of Graham Monument.
Veterans Plaza is one of four original park sites established in the early days of the community. At the end of World War I, local leaders decided to erect a monument to memorialize the young Kendall County men who had made the ultimate sacrifice for their country in the “War to End All Wars,” and on March 6, 1923, an estimated 2,000 people gathered in the park for the unveiling of the stone.
Eugene Goldbeck, then considered the “unofficial photographer of America’s military,” created an amazing panoramic photograph commemorating the day.
