It may have taken 200 years, but dozens of war veterans who died in Buffalo will receive a more appropriate memorial on Monday.
A commemorative stone will be unveiled at the Gate Eight of the Buffalo Zoo directing attention to the virtually unmarked grave in the heart of the Delaware Park golf course where 300 people are buried.
America honors its heroes, but little respect has been given to these War of 1812 veterans, whose story has been largely untold.
Patrick Kavanagh, Forest Lawn historian, was eager to tell it on a recent sit down inside the cemetery chapel.
