Ever since Tyrone Borough decided to reinstate the annual Memorial Day Parade five years ago, the event has grown and grown. According to Mayor Pat Stoner, this year should be no different as the yearly trek through town kicks-off at 11 a.m. Saturday.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re really hoping to show the patriotism of this town in this time of conflict,\u201d said Stoner. \u201cWe want all the residents of Tyrone to come down and show our local veterans here what they mean to this community.\u201d
\nKim Murray, the borough\u2019s secretary and this year\u2019s organizer of the parade, said groups and organizations can still register and be part of the event. Contact the borough at 684-1330.
\n\u201cOne thing that we will be doing different this year is offering all the local veterans an opportunity to take part in the event,\u201d said Murray.
\nShe noted the borough had asked local businessman Sam Anders if it could borrow a flat bed truck that could be decorated and used to transport current members of the armed forces and those who have served in the past.
\n\u201cAny local vet can be a part of this,\u201d said Murray. \u201cWe\u2019re hoping the younger vets will walk alongside the truck, while the others ride.\u201d
\nMurray said lineup is from 10:30-10:45 a.m. at the intersection of 15th Street and Lincoln Avenue. The parade will snake onto 14th Street to Pennsylvania Avenue, onto 10th Street and past Epworth Manor onto 9th Street. She said the parade will then break up at the armory.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re also encouraging those attending to bring a flag and waive it proudly as the veterans march past,\u201d said Murray.
\nThose already committing to the parade include the Tyrone Band, National Guard Armory, Korean War veterans, Pink Panther twirlers, local boy and girl scouts, Tyrone Area Community Organization, the Coalport Cycle Club, Starlight twirlers, the Revolution, and local dignitaries, including Mayor Stoner and Rep. Jerry Stern.
\nFollowing the parade, which Murray expects to last 30 or 45 minutes, there will be a patriotic concert in City Park.
\n\u201cPeople can just take their chairs off the sidewalk and carry them right on over to the park,\u201d said Murray. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be an entire day for celebrating our veterans and the people who serve this country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ever since Tyrone Borough decided to reinstate the annual Memorial Day Parade five years ago, the event has grown and grown. According to Mayor Pat Stoner, this year should be no different as the yearly trek through town kicks-off at 11 a.m. Saturday. \u201cWe\u2019re really hoping to show the patriotism of this town in this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}