Lebanon man volunteers to deliver historic item to town
Robert Cruz sits next to the anchor from the USS Randolph that will honor Navy veterans in Lebanon’s Veterans Memorial Park. Cruz donated his truck and his time to bring the anchor from Tennessee.
Photo courtesy of Rick Wagner, Kingsport Times News, Kingsport, Tenn.
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CHRIS RODEN • EDITOR@LACLEDERECORD.COM
It was raining June 7 as Robert Cruz of Lebanon waited for the anchor from the USS Randolph, a World War II era aircraft carrier, to be loaded on a flatbed truck in Kingsport, Tenn., and begin its trip to Lebanon.
It was an important trip for Cruz to make once he saw the story in the Record about the anchor bound for the Veterans Memorial, located at the Cowan Civic Center.
“I showed it to my wife and told her I’ve gotta do this. I’ve got to go get this,” Cruz said.
For more on this story, see the LCR.
