Our beloved Piggy Park (aka, as in 'actually known as,' Clayton Memorial Playground) was cleaned, painted and refurbished on September 19-20, 2015, thanks to 75 community and active-duty Navy volunteers. Though our voices will never be heard through this venue, we say thank you. Our memories of meeting at this playground with our children, summer after summer, remain vivid and treasured. (I try to forget Elletu's youngest daughter covered with the purple paint that had been maliciously spread on the little 'merry-go-round' that one day---oh, what a mess!) My youngest son's preschool graduation picnic was in that park. We had a BVG anniversary picnic there on June 3, 2014 (see Older Posts). I was interested to find out that the playground was originally built 43 years ago, in 1972, just four years before I moved to Port Orchard, and it was constructed by another Navy crew of volunteers in memory of one of their own, Michael Clayton (see article above, from the Port Orchard Independent). There is quite a bit of history there, and not just ours. I wonder how many other moms and grandmas share our feelings of nostalgia about this place. And one more thing...whose idea was it to removed the little piggies the kids could ride???
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