Veterans saluted, remembered on Veterans Day
Faren Bashioum of Muse sits by her father’s grave before the Veterans Day ceremony at National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in Cecil Township Saturday.
VFW Post 4793 on Lincoln Street in Waynesburg served lunch Saturday after the Veterans Day parade. Afterward, four of the oldest veterans in attendance stepped outside for a photo with the post’s World War II tank. From left, Navy Sea Bees John Mooney, 89, who served in both World War II and Korea, and World War II veterans, U.S. Army Nurse Helen “Jean” Gusic, 93, stationed in Okinawa, Japan, after World War II and U.S. Army veteran Russell Haines, 90, who was stationed after the war in the Nazi’s infamous Eagles Nest in the Alps. John Coke, 86, still fits into his Korean War Army uniform and wore it proudly in Saturday’s parade.
U.S. Marine and Army veteran Ed Debolt, left, and Vietnam veteran Rick Black, Senior Vice President of VFW 4793, got together for lunch and camaraderie at the post Saturday. DeBolt rode in the Waynesburg Veterans Parade that morning as president of the American Legion Post 816 Riders.
Members of the Mon Valley Leathernecks and American Legion lead the beginning of the Monongahela Veterans Day Parade.
A percheron pulling the 84 Packing wagon walks in the Veterans Day Parade in Monongahela.
Emily Massafra, 4, and her parents Kim and Brett of Donora watch the Veterans Day parade in Monongahela.
Horse drawn carriages make their way down Main Street in Monongahela for the Veterans Day parade.
The Mon Valley Honor Guard march in the Veterans Day parade in Monongahela.
Boleslaw Jankowski, a Vietnam veteran, waves as members of a service group pass during the Veterans Day parade in Monongahela.
American Legion members march in the Veterans Day parade in Monongahela.
Emergency vehicles make their way along the parade route in Monongahela during the Veterans Day parade.
A float passes by during the Veterans Day parade in Monongahela.
An MP vehicle passes during the Veterans Day parade in Monongahela.
A Charleroi High School band member wears his Boy Scout uniform while playing with the band in the Veterans Day parade in Monongahela.
Mon Valley Shipmates pass during the Veterans Day parade in Monongahela.
Monessen High School’s marching band makes its way along the parade route in the Veterans Day parade in Monongahela.