Published November 04. 2025 12:24PM<\/p>\n
The National Museum of Industrial History dedicated an art piece to honor Pennsylvania veterans Sept. 26. Artist and Chief Petty Officer Joe Pisano attended, coming from San Diego where his studio is located, to unveil his work of art. The dedication took place in front of the Steelworkers\u2019 Veterans Memorial at the front of the museum.<\/p>\n
Nearly 100 attended, many of whom were veterans and former steelworkers, as well as a contingent of Bethlehem police officers.<\/p>\n
NMIH manager of education and public programming Katie Rymon conducted the event. Calling the piece \u201ca symbol of unity, friendship and resilience,\u201d she noted that \u201cveterans were a major part of Bethlehem Steel\u2019s workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pisano is an award-winning artist and the work of art dedicated, \u201cStand Together-A Veterans\u2019 Flag\u201d was created using 6,000 drywall screws. The unveiling revealed an American flag waving in a breeze. He says it is dedicated to \u201cservice members and veterans of all military branches.\u201d<\/p>\n
Captain David Christian (U.S. Army-retired) became the first veteran to sign the frame of the art piece with his name, rank, and time of service. Christian was wounded seven times in the Vietnam War and honored with more medals than anyone else in that conflict.<\/p>\n
Following Christian\u2019s signing, other veterans added their own signatures.<\/p>\n
Ryman says the \u201cStan Together\u201d artwork will be on exhibit inside the museum and remain mobile so that it may be moved to events for display as needed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Bethlehem Steel Corporation has long had a relationship with the military,\u201d says Katie Rymon, NMIH manager of education and public programming.<\/p>\n
Ian, Harper and Bryan lead the Pledge of Allegiance.<\/p>\n
Veterans, steelworkers and Bethlehem police officers fill the audience.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was created in part by the community of San Diego,\u201d says Chief Petty Officer and artist Joe Pisano.<\/p>\n
PRESS PHOTOS BY DANA GRUBBThe art piece is unveiled. The dedication took place in front of the Steelworkers\u2019 Veterans Memorial at the front of the museum. More photos on A2.<\/p>\n
U.S. Army Captain David Christian points to his signature, the first signing on the frame.<\/p>\n
Veterans sign the frame after the unveiling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published November 04. 2025 12:24PM The National Museum of Industrial History dedicated an art piece to honor Pennsylvania…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-24523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24523","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=24523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}