Sarah Jacobs of St. Joseph takes a photo with her smartphone of the Veterans Monument made by Coldspring, a local granite company, at the Sept. 11 dedication at the Rockville Fire Hall on the 15th anniversary of 9/11. The names of her brothers – Adam Theisen, a St. Cloud resident and Waite Park volunteer firefighter, and Robby Theisen, a Cold Spring resident and a Stearns County sheriff’s deputy – are etched on the monument because of their on-going service to Central Minnesota residents.
Ron Schmidt (left) and Brian Theisen of the St. Joseph Volunteer Fire Department help raise the fire engine ladder to hoist the American flag at the Veterans Monument dedication at the Rockville Fire Hall on Sept. 11 on the 15th anniversary of 9/11. The monument honors past, present and future members of the military, firefighters, first-responders and law-enforcement officials, many of whom were at the well-attended event.
The large but respectful crowd at the Rockville Fire Hall stands to attention on Sept. 11 during the Veterans Monument dedication on the 15th anniversary of 9/11 as the American flag is raised above the Coldspring-made monument, which consists of three granite tablets at an estimated total cost of about $70,000 that was all privately funded by donations from those wanting to include names etched on the monument.
