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MEDIA COVERAGE - April 27, 2022
FOX 11 News’ Monique Lopez reports on the lack of progress on the Soldier’s Square project and interviews Hearthstone’s Executive Director George Schroeder on how the city’s actions - and inaction - have eroded the memorial. The report also quotes a City Alder Chad Doran as saying that honoring veterans is, in effect, a luxury and not a necessity when he says that honoring veterans’ sacrifices is “more of a want than a need for the community.”
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MEDIA COVERAGE - May 27, 2019
WBAY reporter Tia Johnson interviews Hearthstone’s Executive Director George Schroeder and Sculpture Valley Executive Director Alex Schultz in a segment entitled, “Two non-profits kick off 'Every Soldier's Square' project in Appleton.”
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MEDIA COVERAGE - May 27, 2019
“Fundraiser for Soldier’s Square to Launch Today,” a front-page featured article in the Post Crescent Memorial Day edition on May 27, 2019 written by Hibah Ansari, details the Every Soldier’s Square Project by Hearthstone and Sculpture Valley.
MEDIA COVERAGE - May 24, 2019
The Every Soldier’s Square Project created by Hearthstone and Sculpture Valley is the subject of an article in the Post Crescent entitled “Fundraiser to revitalize Soldier's Square in Appleton launches Memorial Day” by Hibah Ansari.
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MEDIA COVERAGE - May 23, 2019
FOX 11 News’ Monique Lopez files “Soldier's Square to get 'new life,' brick by brick” on Hearthstone’s Every Soldier’s Square Project designed to revitalize Appleton’s Soldier’s Square and to raise money for the John H. Bradley VA Clinic in Appleton and efforts to preserve Appleton’s history. Interviewed are Sculpture Valley’s Executive Director Alex Schultz and Hearthstone’s Executive Director George Schroeder.
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PRESS RELEASE - May 15, 2019
Hearthstone Historic House Museum announces its “Every Soldier’s Square Project” in conjunction with Sculpture Valley, Inc. and the John H. Bradley VA Clinic in Appleton. The project’s goal is to revitalize the Solider’s Square Civil War monument and raise money for its restoration, as well as for the three sponsoring organizations, through donations coupled to engraving of historic bricks with the names of veterans.
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