The city of Hubbard has taken an approach to honor our valley's bravest with a bridge near St. Patrick Church, dedicated to veterans.

"No matter if it's our veterans from war's past or currently serving, we wanna make sure that they are acknowledged and thanked for their service to our country," Hubbard Mayor Ben Kyle said.

Kyle also wants to make sure knowledge of such tremendous sacrifices for our country's freedoms is passed on for generations.

"I think it's really important for our younger generation to remember the sacrifice that so many men and women made," Kyle said. "Especially when we're talking about a war that was over a hundred years ago," he said.

Veterans watching the dedication tell 21 News gestures like this mean an awful lot to them, especially as many World War II veterans are passing on.

"It's very fulfilling to know that people will walk up to us when they see us in uniform and they know we're veterans and come up to us and shake our hands and thank you," Joe Warminski, Commander of VFW Post 3767 said. "That means a lot, people don't understand how much that means to a veteran," he said.

"They served distinguishly in the wars and we are losing them at a rapid rate," John Raica, Commander of American Legion Post 51 said. "We're losing our WW2 veterans at 130 everyday. Now we only have just a little over 100,000 World War II veterans remaining," he said.

Mayor Kyle shook the hands of each veteran in attendance and is proud to honor them in this way.

"It serves as a lasting reminder number one, but also an enduring tribute to those men and women," Kyle said.

Raica hopes the city will have one more bridge for the Korea veterans next year.