83rd Blue Star (2015)
The Westwood Garden Club dedicated a Blue Star Memorial on November 11, 2015, as part of a larger Veterans Day Celebration. The marker proudly stands alongside the glorious, newly renovated Veterans Memorial at Riverside Cemetery, 1015 Gull Road, Kalamazoo.
The ceremony included the rededication of a Veterans Memorial, originally dedicated in 1948, which had fallen in disrepair. The Westwood Garden Club invested five years into its refurbishment. The total cost of the project was $150,000. $114,000 was in-kind contributions from local contractors, businesses, the City of Kalamazoo and the Kalamazoo Garden Council.