HONORING VETERANS THROUGH
DAY OF SERVICE
Three employees from Davey's Buffalo
R/C office devoted a day of service to
the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and
Military Park in honor of U.S. military
service members for Arbor Day.
Tom Anderson, sales arborist, Lukas
Suzano, foreman, and Adam Martin,
groundman, volunteered their Saturday
to do some pruning, landscaping and
consulting work on the grounds.
The crew pruned trees around
memorials dedicated to different
wars, so the signage containing the
names of service members from
Western New York would be visible,
Anderson said.
Anderson said the military park has a
grove of beech trees, and people were
walking underneath them compacting
the soil. He recommended fencing off
the area to preserve the trees. There
also were tree branches overhanging
a section of the fence near an area
where the park has military jets and
rockets on permanent display. The
crew pruned the trees' branches back
to keep debris off the exhibit and
prevent branches from encroaching
on the military jets and rockets.
The most rewarding part of the
day came for Anderson when he
witnessed his crew being thanked
for volunteering their time to beautify
the park.
"The most memorable thing about
the park was not only speaking to the
people walking through the park and
listening to them give us recognition
for what we do, but also that we were
contributing
to something as important as
remembering our veterans and those
who have served our country," Ander-
son said.
The director of the park gave the
crew free passes to board the ships
and the submarine on display there
as a thank you for their service to the
park. Anderson and his wife toured
the ships on Memorial Day.
"We went down to celebrate what
Memorial Day is all about," Anderson
said. "We decided to go to the park
because we thought it would be a
nice gesture, another way to show
our support for veterans."
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Lukas Suzano hung out by the jets.
One project the crew worked on was
clearing back branches to keep debris
off the jets and rockets.
