Last year on Memorial Day, Dean Stewart noticed that many of the flags marking the graves of veterans at Robinson’s Run Cemetery were falling over. Bob Moreau, superintendent of the McDonald graveyard, said Stewart offered a fix. “He approached me and said he noticed a lot of the flag ...
Those who spoke Sunday at the National Cemetery for the Alleghenies shared a similar message: When celebrating Memorial Day remember those who gave their lives while fighting for their country. “The biggest thing about Memorial Day is (to honor) those who died in combat,” said Rocky ...
Hello, summertime. Memorial Day – the unofficial kickoff of the season – is here. Time to trade snow boots for swimsuits, fire up the backyard grill or hit the road for some well-deserved R&R. However you choose to spend the long weekend, don’t lose sight of the reason for the ...
The Amwell Township Community Memorial Day service will be held on May 24 at 10 a.m. on the lawn of the Lower Ten Mile Presbyterian Church in Amity. The program will include a recognition of veterans. Refreshments will follow. For more information, call 724-228-1031 or 724-986-8582. The ...
AVELLA – Veterans who fought and died in combat were remembered across America Monday, and Orrin Guy Miller was one of them. Miller was raised on a farm in Jefferson Township, and he died over Hungary on July 24, 1944, just one month after his 26th birthday. Miller was on a bombing mission ...
The first Memorial Day was commemorated on May 30, 1868, just a little more than three years after the end of the Civil War. The scars left by the war still ran deep – between the Union and the Confederate states, 620,000 combatants lost their lives. In the early 1860s, that was a full 2% ...
