Post 6082 pigs in the blanket dinner<\/p>\n
Shopa-Davey VFW Post 6082 will conduct a pigs in the blanket dinner Sunday from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. or until sold out at the post home, 123 Electric St., Peckville.Tickets, at $15, can be obtained from a member or at the door; eat in or take out.<\/p>\n
Post 6082 porketta sandwich sale<\/p>\n
VFW Post 6082, Peckville, will sponsor a homemade porketta sandwich fundraiser, Tuesday (Election Day), 10 a.m.-sold out, post home, 123 Electric St., $5\/sandwich, open to the public, preorders are appreciated (500 sandwiches available); Peg, 570-335-1197, or stop by the post or call 570-383-0501; first-come, first-served Tuesday, free parking.<\/p>\n
Veterans and Community Partners Wellness Summit at Marywood<\/p>\n
The Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center Veterans & Community Partners, Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the Scranton Vet Center will present the third annual Veterans and Community Partners Wellness Summit at Marywood University on May 28 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at Nazareth Student Center. This free, one-day conference will provide opportunities for continuing education and networking for healthcare professionals, community leaders, veterans, family members and nonprofit organizations working directly with veterans in Northeast Pennsylvania. Participants will connect, learn and recharge through interactive wellness breakout sessions, supportive talks and valuable networking opportunities. A light breakfast and a lunch will be provided. To register for the event and view the full agenda, visit the Eventbrite page at www.eventbrite.com. For information, contact Angela Lowe at angela.lowe@griswoldcare.com.<\/p>\n
Post 4909 Flag Day party<\/p>\n
Dupont VFW Post 4909 Home Association will hold its second Flag Day party June 13 at the post home, featuring entertainment by the Fabulous 45\u2019s; doors open at 4:30 p.m., dinner buffet, 6, dancing, 7-10, and cash bar, 4:30-10, for mixed drinks, wine, beer, bottled water and soda, $30\/person. For tickets and reservations, call Bob Lopata at 570-472-1152. Deadline for reservations is the Friday before the party. Tickets cannot be sold at the door. All PLCB regulations apply.<\/p>\n
Post 5207 annual golf tournament<\/p>\n
10th annual John J. Michaels Memorial VFW Auxiliary 5207 Golf Tournament, Sunday, June 14; sign-in, 7:30 a.m., and shotgun start, 8, Pine Hills Country Club, 140 S. Keyser Ave., Taylor; $100\/golfer, includes 18 holes of golf, cart, coffee and doughnuts at sign-in, hot dog, beer\/water on the turn and lunch. Contact Jerel Wayne, 570-878-6420, or John Teeple, 570-445-0713. Hole sponsors are needed.<\/p>\n
109th Infantry annual golf tournament<\/p>\n
109th Infantry Regiment Association 14th annual Golf Tournament, Saturday, June 27, Pine Hills Country Club, Taylor. Captain and crew format. Contact Earl Toy, chairman, 570-267-8112 or toy.earl@yahoo.com for registration and sponsorship opportunities.<\/p>\n
Memorial Day services<\/p>\n
Post 25 and Scranton Memorial Day ceremony: VFW Post 25 and city of Scranton will host the Memorial Day ceremony May 25 at noon at the Scranton Veterans Memorial Park adjacent to the stadium. Event is organized by VFW Post 25 members Pat Ahern, Justin Ambrozia and Bill Stevens and is open to the public. The ceremony will include a keynote address and the traditional laying of the memorial wreath in honor of the fallen. It is a significant occasion to pay tribute to all local veterans who have sacrificed their lives in the service of their country. Any family member of Lance Cpl. David Thomas Rozelle, USMC, Vietnam War killed in action Jan. 21, 1968, contact Justin Ambrozia at VFW Post 25 email: winttheodore@gmail.com.<\/p>\n
Post 7069 and Clarks Summit Memorial Day parade: Abington Memorial VFW Post 7069, in conjunction with Clarks Summit borough, will conduct a Memorial Day parade on May 25 starting at 11 a.m. The parade will organize at Clarks Summit Elementary Center on West Grove Street at 10 a.m. From the school the line of march will proceed to South State Street and then turn onto Winola Road, ending at the post home. Any groups or individuals who want to participate in the parade must register by calling the post at 570-586-9821 daily after 3 p.m. before May 20.<\/p>\n
Post 7069: VFW Abington Memorial Post 7069, Clarks Summit, will conduct Memorial Day services at the following locations: South Abington Memorial at the tank, 8:30 a.m.; Clarks Green Cemetery, 9; Hickory Grove Cemetery, Waverly Twp., 9:30, and the post home immediately following the annual parade, which starts at 11.<\/p>\n
Post 6082: VFW Shopa-Davey Post 6082 Memorial Day parade, May 25. The parade will step off at 8:30 a.m. from the post, 123 Electric St., Peckville, and proceed to the Veterans Memorial on Main Street and the Sgt. Argonish Memorial on Keystone Avenue. The procession will continue on to the All Saints Cemetery on Gino Merli Drive to honor John Shopa. A. Pierson Hurd American Legion Post 236 in Peckville will join the procession. Post members will proceed to the Valley View Cemetery to honor Charles Davey and onto Finch Hill to honor Gino Merli. All parties participating in the parade should meet at the post home at 8 a.m.<\/p>\n
Post 209: American Legion Six Star Post 209, Lakewood, will hold Memorial Day services May 25 at the following sites and times: Balls Eddy Cemetery, 9 a.m.; Shehawken Cemetery, 9:30; Orson Cemetery, 9:45; Little York Cemetery, 10:10; Rock Lake Cemetery, 10:30; Lake Como Cemetery, 11; and Lakewood Memorial Park, noon, with refreshments following the ceremony.<\/p>\n
Post 5544 and Post 411: Jessup VFW Post 5544 and Jessup American Legion Post 411 combined Memorial Day services, May 25. Services will begin at Queen of Angels Church at 10:30 a.m., with Mass offered by the Rev. Gerard M. McGlone. Both organizations will proceed to Holy Ghost Cemetery, where the honor guard will offer a salute for their fallen comrades. Both organizations will then proceed to Veterans Memorial Stadium, where remarks will be offered by Mayor Joseph Buckshon Jr. and commanders of both the VFW and American Legion. Following the services, food and refreshments will be offered by Post 5544, 205 Dolph St. Public is invited. VFW members are asked to meet at post home no later than 10 a.m.<\/p>\n
Post 327: Olyphant American Legion Post 327, Sons of the Legion and Ladies Auxillary, 113 Willow Ave., Olyphant, Memorial Day service, May 25, 11 a.m. Honored guest speaker will be Sgt. Maj. Claudette Williams, U.S. Army (Ret.), founder of the Women\u2019s Veterans Museum, Mount Pocono, and national anthem and taps by Brass Storm; a Salute to our Fallen Heroes, 11:30 a.m., Olyphant Borough Freedom Fighter Veterans Memorial Park, honored guest epeaker, SP4 Shamus Gower McGuigan, U.S. Army (Ret.) wounded warrior; seating available, followed by a free patriotic Concert in the Park by Brass Storm. A light luncheon will follow in Post 327 hall. The public is invited. Remainder of the Hometown Hero Banners will be displayed for pickup along the fence adjacent to the Olyphant Borough Building from May 23-30; families are asked to retrieve them. Any unclaimed banners will be disposed of respectfully. Call Kim Atkinson for info, 570-892-0378.<\/p>\n
Post 6520: VFW Thomas A. Snook Post 6520 will hold Memorial Day services May 25 at 11 a.m. at the post home, 846 Cortez Road, Jefferson Twp. Light refreshments will be available after the service.<\/p>\n
Post 221: Carbondale Memorial Day Ceremony supported by the American Legion Post 221. The 109th Infantry Regiment Association will host the ceremony May 25 at 11 a.m. at the Carbondale Memorial Park directly across from City Hall. The ceremony will include a keynote speaker, reading of the roll call and presentation of wreaths. Carbondale Area High School band will perform musical selections.<\/p>\n
Post 207: Kosciuszko American Legion Post 207 Memorial Day ceremonies, prayers, rifle salutes and playing of taps: May 24, St. Ann\u2019s Basilica Cemetery next to the stations of the cross, noon; St. George\u2019s Cemetery, West Mountain Road (just up from McDade Park), 1 p.m.; May 25, prayer, rifle salute and playing of taps at the following: post musters in SS. Peter and Paul\u2019s parking lot, West Locust Street, 8 a.m.; Jones Cemetery in the woods, at the end of Sloan Street, 8:15; Amherst Street Cemetery, Parrot Avenue and Amherst Street, 8:30; St. Michael\u2019s Cemetery, adjacent to SS. Peter and Paul R.C. Cemetery, Taylor, 9; SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery following Memorial Day Mass at the cemetery chapel, 9:30-10 (approximate); UKAVETS Club, Railroad Avenue, Bellevue section, 11. Times shown are dependent on weather conditions.<\/p>\n
Post 859: Phillips-Zacharias-Phillips Post 859 American Legion, Newfoundland, Memorial Day service, May 25, 11 a.m., Veterans\u2019 Memorial at Carlton Drake Park, Main Street, Newfoundland. Speaker will be Chaplain Tammie Crews (LTC, retired), who served 26 years on active duty in the Army, deploying to Haiti, Poland, Kosovo\/Macedonia, Iraq and Afghanistan. She served under several major commands and was assigned at garrisons in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Kentucky, California, Germany and Italy. At the time of her retirement, she was the deputy command chaplain for the Joint Task Force National Capital Region\/Military District of Washington. Crews is ordained by the United Methodist Church and is a licensed marriage and family therapist. Questions: Arthur Frey, service officer, 570-689-0574.<\/p>\n
Post 465: American Legion Post 465, Jermyn, annual Memorial Day ceremony, May 25, 11 a.m., Jermyn Cemetery, Cemetery Street, Jermyn. Commander Fred Jones will be master of ceremonies. Guest speaker will be the Rev. Alan Rupert, pastor, Primitive Methodist Church, Jermyn. The Lakeland High School marching band will perform patriotic melodies honoring America and veterans. All units, fire companies, scouts, band members, and others who want to participate are asked to assemble at the cemetery at 10:40 a.m. Refreshments will be served following the ceremony at the Artisan Hose Company, Maple Street, Jermyn. There will be no Memorial Day parade this year, due to participation in Jermyn\u2019s Celebration Parade paying tribute to America\u2019s 250th birthday to be held July 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Post 6082 pigs in the blanket dinner Shopa-Davey VFW Post 6082 will conduct a pigs in the blanket…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,182,803,139,28,178,180,179,289,729,2349,1481],"class_list":["post-194685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-luzerne-county","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-things-to-do","tag-uncategorized","tag-veterans","tag-wayne-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}