LANSING, Mich. (WLUC) – A U.P. resident has been appointed to Michigan’s Memorial Park Commission. The appointment was announced alongside a handful of others Thursday.
Floyd Crawford, of Baraga, is a Vietnam air veteran of the United States Marine Corps and an on-call elder nutritional program driver for the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. Crawford will be reappointed as a member of the general public for a term commencing Dec. 19, 2026 and expiring Dec. 18, 2029.
The Michigan Veterans’ Memorial Park Commission advises on the development, management, and maintenance of the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Park in Lansing, the operation of programs exclusive to the park, and the security services and enforcement of rules for the care and preservation of the park…