Veterans Memorial
Interpretive Sign
Installed
By Nicholas Perry
MVHA President
We are very pleased to share the news that the
Mountain View Veterans Memorial interpretive sign
was installed at Eagle Park in time for the Veterans Day
ceremony on November 11, 2019. The newly installed
interpretive sign was co-funded and designed by the
MVHA and is the culmination of a partnership with
the Mountain View Veterans Memorial Committee
that began in 2014. Special thanks to Cindy and Ken
Newman from the Veterans Memorial Committee! Next
time you’re in Eagle Park be sure to check out the new
sign.
MV High Eagles Monument Approved
By Susan Metcalf
Special Contributor
Forty-ϐive years ago, the Mountain View High School Eagles varsity football team won the Santa Clara Valley
Athletic League and then beat the odds to win the Central Coast Section (CCS) championship. And on January
16, the Mountain View Parks and Recreation Commission accepted a donation for a monument dedicated to this
remarkable team and special moment in Mountain View’s history.
The Cinderella team was small and, like the school, racially diverse. No
one expected the team to win. It was a landmark moment in the history of
the city. The team brought the community together, game by game. Many
families attended games leading up to CCS even though they didn’t have
athletes on the team. Proponents of the monument say these are important
memories and ones that should not be forgotten.
The monument will be located in Eagle Park and ϐlanked by two benches
facing what used to be the scoreboard on the Wendall Grubb football ϐield.
It’s hoped that residents and park goers reminisce while enjoying the
grassy expanse that once was a football ϐield of dreams and ambition. The
monument will be made of gray granite with laser engraving that should
withstand wind and adverse weather conditions for the next 500 years. The team’s motto, “You Gotta Believe,”
will be prominent in the engraving. The monument will feature the players and coaches’ name as well as the “very
serious” MVHS cartoon Eagle.
The monument will serve several purposes. It will provide old and new Mountain View residents an opportunity
to celebrate Mountain View’s history and cultural diversity. It will acknowledge the legacy of Mountain View High
School, on Castro Street, and recognize some remarkable young football players who overcame adversity to prevail.
Most importantly, it will inspire future generations of Mountain View youth, “to believe.”
The Mountain View community is invited to contribute to the funding of the monument and benches.
Visit: gofundme.com/f/monument-campaign.
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