Politics & Government
Commissioners Host Memorial Day Weekend Ceremony
They addressed attendees next to a 20-foot beam from the former World Trade Center towers in Manhattan.
The Board of Bucks County Commissioners joined the county Military Affairs department and the Travis Manion Foundation on May 27 to kickoff the Memorial Day weekend with a Ceremony of Remembrance, according to a release.
Addressing a large mid-day crowd from the top of a flatbed truck, the speakers stood adjacent to a 20-foot beam from the former World Trade Center towers in Manhattan. The Travis Manion Foundation will donate the beam to the County of Bucks at a future date.
“We’d like to thank the Manion Foundation,” Commissioner Chairman Charles H. Martin stated, also expressing his gratitude to members of the Midway and Doylestown No. 1 Fire Companies The World Trade Center Steel Beam from the Travis Manion Foundationwho framed the ceremony with a giant American Flag. “Today, we show our gratitude to those men and women who have sacrificed their lives to protect our country so that we may live freely and by our American values.”
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County Military Affairs Director Dan Fraley spoke of the “young faces” who have been lost during American wars. They are honored on memorials throughout the Courthouse Courtyard. Mr. Fraley also spoke of the importance of continuing to provide services for veterans. To that end, he showed off the new Bucks County Veterans van, which features a new, patriotic vehicle wrapping.
Col. Tom Manion also gave an address, paying tribute to the 18 Bucks County Hometown Heroes killed in the line of duty since Sept. 11, 2001 – including his son, U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lieutenant Commissioners Marseglia and Loughery reading the names of the Hometown Heroes.Travis L. Manion. Col. Manion told those assembled that his son “gave his tomorrow for our today.”
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Commissioners Rob Loughery and Diane M. Ellis-Marseglia stepped to the podium for the reading of the 18 Hometown Heroes names. Commissioner Loughery asked the gathering to remember them this Memorial Day weekend and always.
The ceremony concluded with the playing of “America the Beautiful” on the Courthouse carillon system.
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