'Those Who Made Victory Possible': Easton Honors Its Veterans

On a chilly hilltop overlooking Easton, veterans gathered Monday to honor those who have served, both past and present.

"We don't mark this day as a celebration of victory, but rather as a remembrance of those who made victory possible," Iraq war veteran Lt. Col. Timothy Brooks told the audience at Joint Veterans Council of the Forks of the Delaware's service at Hackett's Park.

Brooks, a Bronze Star recipient and Bethlehem mounted patrolman, noted that the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts are fading from public view. With that, he said, our connection to veterans of those wars are "beginning to fade like a flag." 

The service included a reading of 59 local soldiers who died in World War I. There are plaques in their memory in the Oak Grove of the park.

And in his invocation, JVC chaplain Brian Koehler prayed for veterans that are still with us.

"They continued to suffer not only from physical wounds, but with those we can't see with our eyes," he said.