He continued to work on the memorial until his death in 1982.
Little progress had been made on the memorial by 1926.
"We would like to keep our focus 100 percent on the memorial," he said.
"His name is not on the memorial, so we see nothing wrong with this."
They began the work on the larger memorial in late September.
The names of both men are listed on the memorial.
Their names were written down on the memorial of the cemetery.
Twenty-five names had to be added to the 14 already on the local memorial at the church.
Of the 3,617 men listed on the memorial, 47 are from Connecticut.
The public hearings will focus on both the memorial and the next phase of the design process for the trade center site.
