Memorial Day in Easton: 'Understand What They Died For'

Easton's annual Memorial Day service was its usual mix of celebration and solemnity. You had kids throwing candy, but also horns blowing taps.

A few hundred people came downtown for the event Monday morning, first to watch/march along the Northampton Street parade route, to the Free Bridge for the annual wreath-laying ceremony, and then into Scott Park, where there were speeches and music to remember the nation's fallen soldiers.

"We understand what they died for," Northampton County Judge Edward Smith told the crowd, telling them to reflect on that sacrifice while they celebrated.

The service also included music by the Easton Area High School marching band, and a reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.