Anchor from a ‘Liberty ship’ will rest at Liberty Middle School
History comes home
Liberty Middle School students climb on the anchor which was once a part of the SS Davy Crockett, a World War II Liberty ship. “It’s a community art piece,” principal Marilyn Boerke said. “You can climb on it.” Danielle Frost
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Students, city officials and school administrators gathered to watch a piece of history come home Friday.A 4,500 pound anchor from a decommissioned World War II Liberty ship was unveiled at Liberty Middle School. It was an event several years in the making.
"This is a very exciting day," said Liberty Principal Marilyn Boerke. "It has been in the works for six years."
Eunice Abrahamsen, a local community member, pitched the idea of procuring a piece of a Liberty ship to install in the school when it first opened. The goal was to teach the students the history behind Liberty's name.
"I was thinking a cute little porthole or doorknob or some kind," Boerke said. "Then I got a call, 'Do you want to take the anchor?' I thought it would be something small. Then I saw it and realized it was ginormous."
