The following local Memorial Day weekend services are planned. The public is welcome.
ANNVILLE - The Memorial Council of the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery will present the 31st Memorial Day program at 2 p.m. Sunday. The event will be held rain or shine at the Pennsylvania Veterans Memorial at the National Cemetery. Retired Lt. Col. Nicholas M. Taylor will deliver the keynote address. For further information, call (717) 865-5254 or (610) 927-3887.
COAL TOWNSHIP/SHAMOKIN - Memorial Day March and Veterans Salute, 9 a.m. Monday organized by the Joint Area Veterans Organizations, the Shamokin and Coal Township fire departments and the Shamokin and Coal Township police departments. Wreath placements will take place at four stops. Ends at Price of Freedom Memorial, Lincoln Street, Shamokin, with a service. Public, other organizations invited to join in walk or at service. Participants are asked to meet at 8 a.m. at the start of the march near the playground on Arch and Locust streets in Coal Township. Call John Schenewerk at 644-1349 for more details.
IRISH VALLEY - Clark's Grove United Methodist Church will conduct its 31st annual veterans memorial service at 10:10 a.m. Sunday. The service features a cross composed of more than 100 live carnations. Every veteran attending the service will receive a carnation. Andrew W. Haas, retired from the U.S. Air Force after six years of service, including in Iraq, will be the guest speaker.
KULPMONT - Participants in the parade and memorial service at Roosevelt Court on Monday are asked to meet at 9 a.m. at the American Legion Post 231. They will be transported to the VFW home on Chestnut Street for initial pick-up and then proceed to St. Casimir's, St. Mary's and the Protestant cemeteries for graveside services honoring deceased veterans. At 10:30 a.m., parade participants will form at the American Legion grounds, Ninth and Ash streets. The parade will begin promptly at 11 a.m. and proceed to Roosevelt Court for a ceremony.
MOUNT CARMEL - Memorial Day Mass, 9:15 a.m. Sunday at SS Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church, Avenue and Beech Street. Veterans and members of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary and Knights of Columbus Bishop Lawrence F. Schott Assembly 959 will meet at 9 a.m. at the church. The Very Rev. Archpriest Michael Hutsko will officiate.
MOUNT CARMEL - As part of its Memorial Day weekend services, the Mount Carmel Area Joint Veterans will hold a Changing of the Colors at 1 p.m. Sunday at Second and Oak streets in Mount Carmel. This ceremony will be in honor and memory of Lt. George P. Parry, who was a veteran of the Civil War.
MOUNT CARMEL - Program will begin at 8:15 a.m. at the American Legion Post 91, Avenue and Maple Street. Wreaths will be placed at the memorials dedicated to Mount Carmel veterans who died in war. Participants are to be present by 8 a.m. Those assembled will then form on Maple Street for a parade. Any group or organization wishing to march in the parade should be there for 8:15 a.m. It will move shortly after that and include stops at St. Mary's Cemetery in Beaverdale, Mount Carmel Cemetery, St. Joseph Cemetery, Locust Gap.
SHAMOKIN - Coal Township Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 317 will collect worn American flags at its booth, No. 64, at the corner of Market and Spruce streets, during today's Anthracite Heritage Festival of the Arts. The VFW welcomes festival-goers to bring their flags. The VFW organizes and conducts a ceremony on Flag Day each year to carry out proper disposal of the flags.
STONINGTON - Northumberland Memorial Park, second annual Memorial Day observance, noon to 12:30 p.m. Monday immediately after the Sunbury Memorial Day Parade. This year's observance will feature a procession of World War II and Korean War vehicles including a half-track, 1942 Dodge weapons carrier, 1944 Dodge command car and 1952 M38ai Jeep through the memorial park. The procession will be escorted by Sunbury Chief of Police Steven Mazzeo, and a color guard will be provided by American Legion Post 201.