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MAY 28-JUNE 3, 2015
by BILL HALBFOERSTER The Home News
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More than 200 people attended the annual Memorial Day program at Memorial Park in Northampton Borough on Monday morning. It was hosted by Fred A. Snyder Post 353 American Legion, Catholic War Veterans Post 454, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4714. After flags for all the armed forces were raised, Air Force Major Julie Glover sang the National Anthem. This was followed by the invocation given by Msgr. William Baver, chaplain of the CWV post. Joan Glover, Post 454 commander explained the significance of a rose in a vase, an empty glass, slice of lemon on a plate, and the white table cloth in her POW/MIA presentation. Larry Schlitter, Post 4714 VFW commander welcomed everyone and told of the events that are usually a part of Memorial Day, but added, “Remember the veterans of the past and those still serving to keep us free.” After the Northampton High School Band played “Faith of
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Wreaths placed during Northampton’s Memorial Day Observance
Officers of VFW Post 4714, American Legion Post 353, and CWV Post 454 stand at attention after placing memorial wreaths for the 18 veterans who died in 2014. – Home News photo
Our Fathers,” each of the posts had an officer place a wreath in memory of the 18 who died the past year: Jules Budinetz, John
Erkinger, John Jandres, Charles Lamm, Darryl Laub, Gerald Laub, Foster Longenbach, Vincent Matula, William Meltsch,
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“Every day should be a memorial day in remembrance of those who died so that we will be free,” the Rev. Lamar Handwerk told the congregation on Sunday, as he noted that one million American men and women have died in wars since the Revolutionary War. The service in St. Peter’s United Church of Christ, Seemsville, preceded Memorial Day rites on the adjoin-
ing cemetery that were conducted by Sons of Union Veterans Reserve of the Civil War. The Tri-Community Band played music in the church service and at the cemetery played “Nearer My God to Thee” and the National Anthem. The Gettysburg Address was given from memory by a Son of the Civil War. The unit visited a number of cemeteries over the Memorial Day weekend. More than 100 people attended the Memorial Day observance in Seemsville.
Firing squad at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ – Home News photo