Misspelling Of 'Afghanistan' Mars War Memorial Monument

August 17, 2005

[Straight Vermonter]

MANCHESTER, Conn. -- This mistake was carved in stone, after a war monument in Manchester had 'Afghanistan' misspelled. It was missing an 'H."

A new monument is being carved and is scheduled to be dedicated on Veterans Day on Nov. 11.

An owner of Manchester Monument Company said that he will replace the stone for free even though his company didn't provide the monument.

He said that he misspelled the word in a rough draft of the stone he sketched, but said he's not taking responsibility for the error because his company did not get the contract.

The company that won the contract is Clark and Riley Memorials, of Manchester. An owner of the company says he gave the stone at cost and war veterans signed off on the proof. He offered to replace it when he heard about the error.

[RichInOC]

...great googly moogly...

[konaice]

Who would notice? Its the thought that counts.

[Neanderthal]

Publik Skool edukashun on display. This could not have happened 25 years ago.

[Lion Den Dan]

Professionalism and attention to detail.

[Antioch]

At least they're paying for their screw up. Remember that miami artist Maria Alquilar, who created the $40,000 "educational mosaic" for the Livermore public library which contained 11 misspellings? She spelled "Shakespeare" as "Shakespere," “Einstein,” as “Eistein” “Gauguin” as “Gaugan,” Vangogh" as "Vangough" At first she claimed artistic license and said she wasn’t going to return to fix the faux pas because people were being too mean about it, Alquilar then wanted to return quietly to do the edits, and insisted and got (!) $6,000 plus travel expenses from city officials. She began working slicing and diceing the tiles with power tools, insisting on being protected from the public by a barrier. “No pictures of me!” she yelled. “If I’m in it, I’m going to sue you.”

[airborne]

Who would notice?

Me. And, apparently, several others.

Its the thought that counts.

Not when it really matters.

"Even though I didn't pay my bills, I wanted to. And "it's the thought that counts."

[Chi-townChief]

Reminds me of the Johnny Peeps headstone on the Sopranos.

[Leroy S. Mort]

They were just using the French spelling.

[Leroy S. Mort]

oops..make that "Spanish"

[mmercier]

It sux out loud when you make a mistake in stone.

I am currently working on concrete forms for the foundation of a rather large mansion on the ocean.

The quickest way I can get fired is to miss an inch where it counts, then turn that error into stone.

[libertylover]

A few years back I was on a business trip to Austin, TX. I had a little free time so I went to the state capitol building there, and in the yard area is a Civil War monument which lists the Confederate States of America. Problem is, the list, carved in stone, includes Kentucky, which remained in the Union.

[sine_nomine]

Wishful thinking.

So that was an agenda that WAS carved in stone.

[ASA Vet]

Bet someone would have noticed and professed to care if had been spelled, Afragistan.

[KosmicKitty]

Reminds me of the Johnny Peeps headstone on the Sopranos.

Oh, that was so funny! At least find out the guy's last name when you get him a tombstone!