A Rededication Ceremony will be held by the city of Demorest on Saturday, November 18th, at 10:30 a.m. The Demorest City Council will rededicate the Brent Lee Moore Memorial Ballfield and memorialize Brent Lee Moore and Travis Roseman.
The monument commemorating Brent Lee Moore is already in the park. A plaque will be added to commemorate Travis Roseman and his 1985 Eagle Scout community project, a rock water fountain.
This year marks 30 years since Demorest Cub Scout Brent Lee Moore tragically lost his life in a boating accident on Lake Burton in the summer of 1993. It also marks 20 years since Eagle Scout Travis Roseman lost his life in a tragic automobile accident in 2003.
Demorest Council member Shawn Allen has led the charge for the rededication ceremony. He remembers the Eagle Scout project that Roseman tirelessly worked on for several months at the park named after Brent Lee Moore. Roseman enlisted the help of several adults and Boy Scouts to assist in the construction of the water fountain.
Over the 38 years since the water fountain was built, it had fallen into disrepair and was vandalized. This past summer, the city repaired the water fountain. During those repairs, a new water line had to be installed to make the fountain functional again, which required part of the fountain to be disassembled.
Unknown to anyone of its existence, the rock water fountain was actually a time capsule.
To their surprise, the city crews discovered the remains of a Boy Scout Handbook, apparently placed inside the fountain by Roseman. After 38 years, all that remained of the handbook was part of the cover.
Allen has sent out invitations to former Demorest Boy Scout Troop 660 members to join in the rededication. The city has invited both families to attend the ceremony.
The ceremony will take place at Brent Lee Moore Memorial Ballfield. The ballfield is located behind 250 Alabama Street (old Demorest Elementary School) at the intersection of Hazel Avenue and Florida Avenue in Demorest.
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