Oroville Veterans Memorial Park

Building a Park to Honor
All of Butte County's Veterans

A place for families to remember loved ones who never returned home from military service

Monday, October 21, 2024

Browse this archive containing most of Stu Shaner's historical newspaper columns. He spent the first 15 years of this park committee's existence gathering stories about Butte County's veterans.

Meetings

Veterans Memorial Hall
2374 Montgomery St. Oroville, CA
3^rd Monday of the month
6:45 PM

New in our archives:

Chico's Civil War Monument
Thanks to Keith Johnson and The Butte County Historical Society

We are in the later phases of park construction...

Installing monuments for Butte County's 2 Medal Of Honor recipients & the "Secret War" in Laos
Installing the Bronze Bugler
Installing monuments displaying the names of the 575+ service men and women, with ties to Butte County, who never returned from military service

Park Construction

Shade Structure Installation
Began March 27, 2023.
Completed November 2023

Funding News

Congressman Doug LaMalfa
announced Monday, December 18, 2023 that we received a grant for $1,000,000 !
This grant will enable us to finish the park construction that started over 20 years ago. We are grateful, indeed, for our congressman's support.

Contact Us:
Daryl Autrey 530-589-5199
email us

Park Project Status

Retaining Wall 2012
Parking Lot & Landscape 2014
Overlook Fence -2015
Memorial Tile Wall - 2016
Pave Overlook - 2021
Overlook Granite Bench - 2021
Corrected Honor Tiles - 2021
Overlook hardscape 2021
Flag Pole installed 16 Nov 2021
Overlook Shade Structure 2023
Shade Structure Benches
Medal of Honor memorials
"Secret War" monument
Bugler Statue
- - Assembly under way
War Memorials
- - lists names of the lost
Hardscaping (final)
Merchant Marine monument
Military Service Dog Statue
Park Entrance
Final Landscaping

* In Progress

See project details

Bronze Bugler Design
for the park statue

park bugler model

Bugler Castings Ready

Watch the video shot by Committee member, Teri Sisino, in Philip Sciortino's studio. Philip explains the process of preparing the full-size clay model of the Bugler statue for casting in bronze by the foundry.

Your Donations

Donations are gratefully accepted.

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Virtual Memorial Wall
Find a name on the Wall

- Donations Needed -

Donations can be made by sending a check to:
Oroville Veterans Memorial Park
PO Box 2586
Oroville, CA 95965

We are a 501 c(3)
Donations may be tax deductible using our
Tax ID Number 68-0481839

Every cent of your donation goes toward park construction.
All Volunteer Members
"No paid positions!"
"No free lunches!!"