Grist Mill Field-Naming Ceremony Honors Fallen Hero
Soccer Field 5 will be dedicated to Lt. Col. Gary F. Smith, who perished at the Pentagon in September 11 attack.
Lt. Col. Gary F. Smith was an “Army brat” who coached all four of his daughters in the Lee-Mount Vernon Soccer Club. It’s only fitting that soccer field 5 at Mount Vernon’s Grist Mill Park will be renamed in honor of Smith on Saturday afternoon. The Smith family is working with the Fairfax County Park Foundation to secure grants to fund a full-size turf field and to install a drainage system for the field. If this project is successful, it would fill the need for a turf field in the Mount Vernon area. “The community needs this artificial field,” said Ann Smith, Gary's widow, who still resides in the area. Lt. Col. Smith served in the Army for 24 years and served in the Vietnam War. The Smiths have lived in the Mount Vernon area since 1984…
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Jessie Biele
3:00 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
Hi Becky! The dedication will take place on Saturday, 4/28 at noon. Jessie more ›