Small Town USA -Dawson/Lower Tyrone, PA Honors Cold War Veterans
- 08/26/2013
The Dawson/Lower Tyrone Honor Roll Committee has been waiting almost three years to make this announcement: The new monument honoring veterans of the Korean, Vietnam and Cold war eras is in place and will be dedicated at 11 a.m. Aug. 31. The monument is covered and will be unveiled at a ceremony to include the Fayette Vietnam Veteran's Honor Guard, Rolling Thunder, a community chorus and guest speakers. The keynote address will be given by Maj. Gen. Robert French, a career serviceman, a veteran on the Honor Roll and a Dawson, R.D. 1 native, who has had a long and distinguished career beginning with the Vietnam conflict and remains active in military affairs today. The Honor Roll Committee is still raising funds to complete the monument project. A ticket is being sold which has a jackpot and a bonus winner. The winner will be from the 7 p.m. drawing on Aug. 31. The tickets are available for $2 each and are available from any committee member. Dedication program booklets are also being printed and will be available at the dedication. The books will sell for approximately $8 and contain the agenda, pictures, history of the project, memorials, listing of contributors and ads from many local businesses. The committee wishes to thank the many folks who have assisted in bringing this project to fruition. This has been and is, a totally community based project. But the heroes of the effort have...
Small Town USA -Dawson/Lower Tyrone, PA Honors Cold War Veterans
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