Council approves memorial bench for local League of Wives members

A new bench is coming to Coronado’s Star Park to commemorate locally based members of the League of Wives, a national movement that was founded in Coronado during the Vietnam War and shaped US policy on missing in action service members and prisoners of war.

The bench will include a plaque that reads, “Honoring our Coronado League of Wives,” accompanied by a list of names of local spouses involved in alphabetical order. The council considered extending the plaque to “League of Families,” but ultimately decided to focus on the spouses themselves, while acknowledging during deliberation the contributions of family members.

Members of the community overall agreed on these parameters.

In April, Councilmembers Amy Steward and

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