A $10,000 contribution from the Naperville Park District pushes construction of the Gold Star Families Memorial monument in Naperville’s Veterans Park a little closer to its $77,000 fundraising goal.
Kelli Pendleton Christian County magistrates learned about the Gold Star Family Memorial Monument that will be placed on Fort Campbell later this year during their Tuesday morning meeting. Christian County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kelli Pendleton said the idea for the monument came after meeting and becoming friends with a Gold Star Wife in Utah. Pendleton was shocked to learn Fort Campbell did not have one.