The Medal of Honor Plaza and “Living Classroom” was dedicated on May 26, 1996. Those associated with it included Alfred C. Adinolfi of the U.S. Air Force, chairman and town councilman; S. Kenneth Baril of the U.S. Army; Harold Mosher of the U.S. Army; John White of the U.S. Navy; Henry E. Carson of the U.S. Army; Lori Rusnack, Parks and Recreation commissioner; Thomas Williams of the U.S. Air Force; Robert Coccolini, Parks and Recreation director; Sandra Mouris, mayor; Kevin Simmons, Parks and Recreation staff; and monument designer Jerry Lloyd Lodynsky.