{"id":227556,"date":"2026-06-25T05:18:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T05:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/227556\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T05:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T05:18:06","slug":"olyphant-holds-memorial-day-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/227556\/","title":{"rendered":"Olyphant holds Memorial Day services"},"content":{"rendered":"

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John Turko Sr. of Olyphant accepts a certificate recognizing his 70 years of membership at the American Legion Post 327. From left: American Legion officer Larry Boyarsky, Turko and the Rev. Jack Munley, pastor of Rescue and Restore Church. (Courtesy of Lauren Telep)\n<\/p>\n

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Attendees gather in front of Olyphant\u2019s Borough Building for Memorial Day services on May 25. American flags were handed out to the crowd. (Courtesy of Lauren Telep)\n<\/p>\n

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SP4 Shamus Gower McGuigan, U.S. Army, retired, is welcomed as the guest speaker at the Freedom Fighter Statue Veterans Memorial Park in Olyphant on Memorial Day. (Courtesy of Lauren Telep)\n<\/p>\n

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Brass Storm plays taps during the Memorial Day services in Olyphant. (Courtesy of Lauren Telep)\n<\/p>\n

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The American Legion Hall in Olyphant served lunch on Memorial Day. American Legion Ladies Auxiliary members who cooked and served the food, from left: Janice Antonik, Barb Krushinsky, Linda Kurtz and Debbie Kosydar. (Courtesy of Lauren Telep)\n<\/p>\n

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John Turko Sr. of Olyphant accepts a certificate recognizing his 70 years of membership at the American Legion Post 327. From left: American Legion officer Larry Boyarsky, Turko and the Rev. Jack Munley, pastor of Rescue and Restore Church. (Courtesy of Lauren Telep)\n<\/p>\n

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Memorial Day services were held May 25 in Olyphant at the American Legion Raymond Henry Post 327 and the Freedom Fighter Statue Veterans Memorial Park.<\/p>\n

An invocation was given by the Rev. Jack Munley, pastor of Rescue and Restore Church. Larry Boyarksy, officer of the American Legion, officiated the services, and Olyphant Mayor Jonathan Sedlak gave a speech. Guest speaker was retired Sgt. Maj. Claudette Williams, president and CEO of the Women Veterans Museum in Mount Pocono. John Turko Sr. of Olyphant was honored with a certificate recognizing his 70-plus years of membership in the American Legion. Music and taps were provided by Brass Storm.<\/p>\n

The Memorial Day Program and Free Concert, performed by Brass Storm, continued at the Freedom Fighter Veterans Memorial Park. Kim Atkinson officiated. Guest speaker was SP4 Shamus Gower McGuigan, U.S. Army, retired. After the Brass Storm concert, lunch was served at the American Legion Hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Turko Sr. of Olyphant accepts a certificate recognizing his 70 years of membership at the American Legion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,3052,2120,28,178,180,179,3053,13567],"class_list":["post-227556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-midvalley","tag-olyphant","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-valley-advantage","tag-valley-advantage-around-town"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227556","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=227556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}