Bronte honors veterans of all wars who freely and courageously joined worldwide conflicts for the preservation of peace, freedom, and democracy, naming those killed in action and those who died while in service, and listing local service members from the Spanish American War, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War era, and Operation Iraqi Freedom, alongside the words, “Ask not what your country can do for you – Ask what you can do for your country” attributed to John Fitzgerald Kennedy.