Veterans from the Lehighton area worked hard all summer to relocate a monument to the 57 soldiers from the area who were killed in action in World War II.

This weekend, as many communities across the country observe Veterans Day, veterans, local dignitaries, and even the relatives of those men who died will be on hand to rededicate the memorial.At 1 p.m. Saturday, the United Veterans' Organization of Lehighton will enshrine the Sgt. Stanley Hoffman memorial, located along the boulevard in Lehighton which also bears his name.Attendees are encouraged to bring their own chairs.The event will include speeches from Lehighton's mayor, borough manager and council president, as well as commanders from the area's veterans' organizations - American Legion Post 314, VFW Post 256, and AMVETS Post 106. The Lehighton Band will also perform.Hoffman was killed at Anzio beach in 1944.The Hoffman monument was originally built in the mid-80s by the UVO, which consists of members of all three major veterans' organizations.But the monument was placed in a way that there was not sufficient room for those organizations to hold ceremonies, and it was on privately owned property.This summer, a group led by Dave Bryfogle, commander of AMVETS Post 106, dismantled and rebuilt the monument just across the street."It was a lot of work, but it was to honor our veterans. I wish more people would get involved and honor our veterans," he said.Many of the materials were donated from businesses such as Forest Inn Masonry, Central Spring Works and R.F. Ohl, among others.The new location is immediately adjacent to the D&L Trail, and will provide ample space for residents to pay their respects at the monument for years to come.It also happens to sit on the site of the borough's former passenger rail station. As Bryfogle said, that was where the 57 veterans departed from, and where their remains were returned after they were killed."This belongs here. That's where those 57 men left from, this station," he said.