Hanagan's Heroes monument to be relocated to Southside Veterans Park
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – A monument honoring local men who served in the Vietnam War is being moved out of a troubled park on Binghamton's Southside.
The City is relocating the Hanagan's Heroes marble monument from Southside Commons on South Washington Street to the Southside Veterans Park along Conklin Avenue next to the flood control wall.
The memorial is based on a list that owner Bob Hanagan kept on the wall of Hanagan's Tavern honoring locals who served in the military, especially the Vietnam War.
The Southside bar was demolished many years ago, and the sign was lost.
So, former Broome County Executive Tim Grippen, who was himself injured in the war, led an effort to recreate the list in monument form, reminiscent of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.
Sadly, Southside Commons has been plagued by vagrants, vandals, and drug users, prompting the city to remove the tables that were originally in the park.
Two stone wings of the monument were vandalized and broken, and will be recreated after the memorial is moved.
Meanwhile, the Southside Neighborhood Assembly is looking to create a new tribute to Hanagan and his list.
It's working with the Department of Public Art to commission a three-dimensional mural on the concrete block wall behind where the monument currently stands.
For more information on the Call for Artist, click here.
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