Please Help Save the WPA Wall
The stone wall that curves around the northwest side of Veteran’s Community Park is in need of repair. The city has declared that it does not currently have the funds to pay for the repairs. If the necessary funds are not raised, the veterans will demolish the old wall and replace it with a manufactured stone wall.
We will be holding a fundraiser on April 18, 2009 to help raise funds to save the wall. Please click here for more information.
Click here to see how much money we have raised thus far.
The wall was built over seventy years ago by local stone masons who needed work during the Great Depression. Generations of families who have attended Church right across the street from the wall have enjoyed sitting here while family members spoke to friends after church and countless Plymouth students have enjoyed sitting on the wall with friends while they made after school plans or discussed the latest class assignments. The city actually shows a portion of the stone wall on its web site under “History.” The wall is represented in a lovely pen and ink sketch by artist Eric Carne.
We have chosen Salem Farms (Pat Cahill stone mason) to perform the work this summer. We need a minimum of $2,600 to make basic repairs, but our goal is to raise $5,600 to make the wall look historically correct. Click here for more details. Raising that much money would be a monumental task for one individual, but if we pull together as a community, it will only cost pennies per house hold. No donation is too small.
Please make checks payable to the Plymouth Preservation Network.
Donations can be sent to:
Plymouth Preservation Network
P.O. Box 6137
Plymouth, MI 48170
The Plymouth Preservation Network is a 501(c)3 non-profit, all volunteer group. 100% of donations will be used for the wall. Donations are tax deductable to the fullest extent of the tax code laws.
We understand that these are very difficult times. If your house hold cannot spare any change, but you would still like to help, please consider volunteering for fundraising efforts. The Plymouth Preservation Network meets every third Tuesday of the month at 7pm in the museum basement. Updates concerning the wall, fundraising efforts and future meetings will be posted right here at www.plymouthpreservation.org.
Please take a moment in the next few days to walk around our lovely veterans’ park and take a good look at the stone wall. True, it’s banged up and shows its age, but it’s a wonderful testament and example of how Plymouth, along with the rest of the country, got back to work and back on its feet during the Great Depression. How appropriate for our times.