News & Media
The campaign to erect the Obregon/CMH monument has been given three awards and received wide media coverage. The awards are: Los Angeles City Council Resolution, Culver City Commendation, and the Nosotros Humanity Award. The effort has been covered in:
TV
- All Major Networks
- All Local Channels
- Vista L.A. with Henry Alfaro and Laura Diaz
- Los Angeles Times
- La Opinion
- Dallas Morning News
- Grand Prairie News
- Playa Del Rey News
- Culver City News
- LULAC Voice
- Leatherneck Magazine
Radio
- All Local Networks
City Unveils 'Wall of Honor'
EGP News - Dec 5, 2009
The latest phase of a local monument to honor recipients of the nationÕs highest military award was unveiled to the public at El Pueblo...
http://egpnews.com/?p=14552
Memorial at El Pueblo
LA Downtown News Online - Dec 4, 2009
The wall is part of the $1 million Eugene A. Obregon Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial Monument. Obregon was a 19-year-old Marine who died while saving ...
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2009/12/04/entertainment/doc4b194e169e83d774577067.txt
El Pueblo to Get New Monument
LA Downtown News Online - Richard Guzmán - Oct 30, 2009
The Obregon Foundation has gone before the commission several times, and received approval for the project about eight years ago, she said. ...
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2009/10/30/news/doc4aeb7c029ba22954598639.txt
Press Releases and Newsletters:
Release: Wall of Honor unveiling media advisory (December 1, 2009).
Release: Obregon/Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation begins Wall of Honor construction (November 4, 2009).
Newsletter: Three days until the Wall of Honor unveiling to pay tribute to our 3,456 medal of honor recipients (December 2, 2009).
Newsletter: The Obregon/Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial Foundation commemorates Veterans Day (November 11, 2009).
Images/Video Gallery:
Video: Jim Proser, co-director of Healthier Living and author of I'm Staying with My Boys... has released a video appealing for donations to the Obregon/CMH Memorial Foundation.