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'We Shall Never Forget' Second Lt. David Rylander: Photo of the Day
Flags in Stow have been ordered to be at half staff, including the one by the Doughboy statue, in honor of the Stow soldier who was killed May 2 in Afghanistan.
The Doughboy — we drive by the statue at City Hall nearly every day, but how often do we really stop to reflect on its importance and what it represents? The plaque underneath the bronze reproduction of the Sentry reads: "Dedicated to those who have served our country. Their memory lives on forever and we shall never forget." In honor of Second Lt. David Rylander, I dedicate this photo to his life of service and selflessness. We shall never forget your sacrifices. Thank you. Click here for funeral and procession information.
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Monday, December 20, 2010
Doughboy Molded History for Statue in Front of City Hall
The story of how the city came to own the statue in front of city hall.
If it weren't for the efforts of Mayor Karen Fritschel and the community's $16,000 in donations 14 years ago, the doughboy statue where residents honor military and safety personnel might not be there. "For a lot of people, [the statue] is a way of honoring all the different people in the U.S. Armed Forces," she said. Most recently, the statue was the site for the second annual Christmas Luminary event to honor fallen fire and police officers in the area Dec. 18. It's been 14 years since the reproduction of the original doughboy statue came back home to City Hall. The imposing 4-foot-tall, bronze statue is of a World War I soldier, also known as a doughboy or sentry, with a pair of binoculars, to watch over the city, the mayor said. Stow …
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James Thomas
2:59 pm on Monday, May 14, 2012
We seem to have stumbled onto the right way of raising our children here in Stow. When our country calls, they answer. Not just in the way of Lt. Rylander and Cpl. Tomci, but in those who question why they were sent. These children of Stow are our defenders and they give of themselves with no upper limit. We should be eternally humbled by them. We must always be sure that when they defend us , … more ›