When Brian Muños returns to Hero Street Memorial Park in Silvis, he can hardly walk a few feet without greeting someone he knows.
Hero Street Memorial Park on Wednesday, May 13, in Silvis.
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A look down Hero Street on Wednesday, May 13, in Silvis. What once was a dirt road full of box car homes, now looks like any street in Silvis.
Silvis native Brian Muños shows off a photo of the Hero Street Memorial Park dedication in October 1971.
Brian Muños poses in front of the Hero Street Memorial located at the head of Hero Street on Wednesday, May 13, in Silvis. The top part of the memorial was made in Mexico, by Mexican artisans, and then shipped to East Moline. The eight men from Hero Street who lost their lives in war are featured on the memorial. Lining the sidewalk are bricks engraved with Silvis natives who have also served the country.
Brian Muños and his father, Joseph, point from house to house, naming off who had lived in each, along Hero Street on Wednesday, May 13, in Silvis.
The Grotto, a memorial located above Hero Street Memorial Park, was designed to look similar to an Aztec pyramid, a nod to those of Mexican descendants in the area. The Grotto features the names of the eight men from Hero Street that died in war.
From a Hero Street park bench dedicated to his uncle, Brian Muños, a Navy veteran, talks about the twenty years he spent serving the country. Muños decided to join the military after realizing that college was not the right next step for him.
Silvis native Brian Muños points to his childhood home, where he was raised by his grandparents, on Hero Street on Wednesday, May 13, in Silvis.
Brian Muños' shadow can be seen past his great-uncle's (John Muños) memorial on Hero Street on Wednesday, May 13, in Silvis.
Photos: Brian Muños talks about Hero Street in Silvis
Brian Muños and his father, Joseph, point from house to house, naming off who had lived in each, along Hero Street on Wednesday, May 13, in Silvis.
