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SEWICKLEY BOROUGH 128 TH MEMORIAL DAY PARADE & MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND EVENTS MAY 25 - 27, 2019 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY, MAY 25 MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE COAST GUARD STATION 11:00 A.M SUNDAY, MAY 26 VETERANS MEMORIAL SERVICE Sewickley United Methodist Church 337 Broad Street 11:00 A.M MONDAY, MAY 27 128TH ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY PARADE 10:00 A.M PROGRAM AT WOLCOTT PARK Immediately Following the Parade PROGRAM AT SEWICKLEY CEMETERY Immediately Following the Program at Wolcott Park LEETSDALE MONDAY, MAY 27 MEMORIAL SERVICE & FLAG RETIREMENT SERVICE 1:00 P.M Leetsdale War Memorial Broad & Ferry Streets -2- SATURDAY, MAY 25 11:00 A.M MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE COAST GUARD STATION SENIOR CHIEF BOSIN MATE SHANE YONUSHONIS, OFFICER IN CHARGE —————————————————————————————–———————————————————————————— To attend the ceremonies, go to the Coast Guard dock at the end of McKown Road, off of Ohio River Blvd., in Glen Osborne Borough Welcome Invocation Opening Remarks Guest Speaker Laying of Wreath Salute to the Dead Taps Benediction Color Guards CDR Thomas Benedict, USN Ret Father James B Farnan, St James CDR Thomas Benedict, USN Ret CDR Aaron W Demo, U.S Coast Guard Osage Crew Members U.S Marine Corps Chuck Davis, American Legion Adjutant Father James B Farnan, St James Ohio Valley Marines, Am Legion Posts #4 & 450 & Ladies Aux Post #450 Music provided by the Sewickley United Methodist Church Bell Ringers -3- Commander Demo reported aboard in June of 2018, assuming the duties of Captain of the Port, Officer-in-charge of Marine Inspection, Federal Maritime Security Coordinator, and Federal On-Scene Coordinator The office directs Coast Guard Port Security, Law Enforcement, Waterways Management, Marine Investigations and Inspections, and Marine Environmental Protection in Western PA, Eastern Ohio and Northern West Virginia Prior to coming to Pittsburgh, Commander Demo served as a Traveling Inspector He was responsible for providing expert direction and guidance to the Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy and field level inspectors regarding complex inspections and policy issues Guest Speaker Aaron Demo His previous assignments include: Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance at Coast Guard Headquarters (2013-2016), Chief, Inspections Division at Sector Houston-Galveston (20102013); Assistant Chief, Domestic Vessel Branch at Sector Hampton Roads (2006-2010); Chief of the Incident Management Division and Investigating Officer at Sector New Orleans (20032006); and Staff Officer at the National Maritime Center (2000-2003) Commander Demo earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Transportation from Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 1994 He is also a 2013 graduate of The National Graduate School of Quality Management, where he earned a Master of Science in Quality Systems Management Additionally, Commander Demo holds a license as a 1600-ton Master Upon Oceans, Master of Towing Vessels Upon Oceans, and a Third Mate Unlimited Upon Oceans Prior to entering the Coast Guard, Commander Demo sailed as a licensed officer on offshore supply vessels, high-speed ferries, casino boats, and both inland and offshore tugs Commander Demo’s awards include five Coast Guard Commendation Medals, three Coast Guard Achievement Medals, and the Coast Guard Commandant’s Letter of Commendation ribbon SUNDAY, MAY 26 11:00 A.M VETERANS MEMORIAL SERVICE Sewickley United Methodist Church, 337 Broad Street -4- MONDAY, MAY 27 10:00 A.M 128TH ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY PARADE PARADE ROUTE All streets on the route will close approximately hour before the parade Parking is not permitted on the streets along the parade route from 6:00 a.m to noon on Monday to accommodate the parade We thank you for your cooperation, and hope you enjoy your time in the Borough of Sewickley -5- PARADE FORMATION DIVISION I Sewickley Police - Edgeworth Police Local Veteran Assoc Mass Colors Sewickley Area Veterans Honorary Parade Marshall—Warren Goss Keynote Speaker - Daniel Telep 1947 Military Jeep Quaker Valley High School Band Cochran Hose Company Red Knights Firefighters Motorcycle Club Korean War Veterans of Western PA Syria Shriner Brass Band Daughters of the American Revolution Sewickley Mayor Brian Jeffe Former Mayors of Sewickley Memorial Day Parade Committee Logan Zutter and Milo Hasak, Gettysburg Address Contest Winners Music By Rick Purcell Ohio Valley Marines Detachment 882 Leetsdale Police Leetsdale VFD Leetsdale Mayor Peter Poninsky Magisterial District Judge Robert Ford Sewickley Gulf War Veterans Carnegie Mellon Pipes & Drums Afghanistan & Irag War Veterans 1923 Dodge Brothers Truck Aleppo VFD Glen Oaks Girl Scouts Ohio Valley Marching Band Ohio Twp VFD U.S Submarine Veterans Balmoral Pipes & Drum Edgeworth Mayor Gary Smith Boy Scouts & Cub Scouts Troop 243 River City Brass Band DIVISION II United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Military Vehicles Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Committee Cornell Raiders Marching Band Allegheny Co Voiture #5 - 40 & Bell Acres VFD Syria Shrine Road Rigs Vietnam War Memorial Float Montessori Children’s Community Syria Shriner Chanters Quaker Valley Recreation Association QVRA Youth Football & Cheerleaders Seton Hill University Pipe Band Cub Scouts Pack 310 Syria Shriner Directors Staff Sewickley Heights Police Fair Oaks VFD Northgate Flames Marching Band Glen Osborne Mayor Barbara Carrier Going Home Greyhounds Shrine Legion of Honor Avalon VFD State Rep Valerie Gaydos 1936 Antique Ford Truck Ray Ryan’s New Orleans Riverside Band Harmony Twp Fire Dept Rhema Christian School Rockettes American Heritage Girls Sewickley U.M Church Clocktower Ringers Coraopolis Fire Dept Classical Conversations Homeschool Co-Op Champion Force Cheerleading Bellevue VFD Emsworth VFD Sewickley Police Quaker Valley Ambulance Authority -6- Dan was born and raised in Detroit and graduated from Wayne State Univ in December 1966 Having previously spent two summers in Quantico, VA with the USMC in their Officers’ Candidate School, upon graduation, Dan was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant and returned to Quantico for Leadership Training until June 1967 Deployed as an Infantry Officer to Vietnam, he arrived in country in late June 1967 There he was assigned a Rifle Platoon in the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division in Northern “I Corps” at the D.M.Z Immediately upon arrival, his Unit was engaged in a fierce 10-day battle with the 324th Division of the North Vietnam Army This first engagement of his newly deployed unit, called “Operation Buffalo”, included the grizzly first assignment of evacuating 85 recently killed brave Marines Their sacrifices, their deaths, this memory first hand, cemented his dedication to the celebration we now call “Memorial Day” Having extended his tour, Dan spent a total of 19 months in Vietnam and received two Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star award with Combat V, and two crosses of Gallantry He finished his tour of duty at Camp LeJeune in NC, returning to Detroit to obtain his M.B.A with the plan to pursue a career in Marketing Discipline Keynote Speaker Dan Telep Dan has been married to Kitty Fay Telep for 48 years, has four children and enjoys grandchildren In 1980, he moved his family to Sewickley, where he still now resides, to start Crossroads Development Group, a Marketing company that facilitates corporate growth through Market Research and Navigation Facilitation He is an adjunct professor at Geneva College in their M.B.A program Dan’s passion has long been American History He has painstakingly built four postal history collections of envelopes and letters from the American Civil War, early Pittsburgh history, Sewickley history, and the Vietnam War With this last postal history collection of N.V.A./V.C military postal history, he recently received a National Grand Gold Award, in competition within the American Philatelic Association This collection will be sold in auction in Stockholm, Sweden, this June Dan is a published author of 35 philatelic articles over his lifetime, two of which feature Sewickley Valley Postal operations in what originally was called “Sewickley Bottom” Because of his love for American history and the military, today Dan honors those that died serving our country and deserve the praise of this Memorial Day celebration Honorary Parade Marshall Warren Goss Warren Goss is this year’s Honorary Parade Marshall He was born on February 9, 1925 Warren grew up on a chicken farm just north of Pittsburgh and joined the Army in 1943 He served in the 4th Infantry Division, then volunteered for the 531st Special Brigade, a unit of combat engineers which landed in advance of the first way on Utah Beach, D-Day, June 6, 1944 He then transferred to the 70th Infantry Division and he fought his way into Germany until VE Day He returned home in 1945 and prepared to ship out for the invasion of Japan before learning the news of the Japanese surrender He now lives in Sewickley with his wife, Mary -7- PROGRAM AT WOLCOTT PARK Introduction Invocation “God Bless America” Keynote Speaker “God Bless The U.S.A.” (Proud to be an American) “America the Beautiful” “Assembly” “Retreat” Placing of the Wreath Salute to the Dead “Taps” “The National Anthem” Honorable Brian Jeffe Mayor of Sewickley Borough Rev Russel Shuluga Denise Powell Dan Telep, Lieutenant, 1/9 USMC Hurst Bartley John Tucci Music by Rick Purcell Music by Rick Purcell Pat Maloney Past Commander, American Legion Ohio Valley Marines Music by Rick Purcell Denise Powell For further Memorial Day observances, there will be a ceremony at the Sewickley Cemetery immediately after the Wolcott Park Program Bus transportation, from Wolcott Park to the Cemetery, is available The Sewickley Memorial Day Parade Committee would like to thank the Quaker Valley School District for providing the bus transportation -8- PROGRAM AT SEWICKLEY CEMETERY Welcome Hon Brian Jeffe, Sewickley Borough Mayor Invocation Rev Russel Shuluga “America The Beautiful” Ava Maha General Logan’s Orders Gettysburg Address Placing of the Wreaths Revolutionary War War of 1812 Mexican War Civil War Spanish American War World War I World War II Korea Vietnam 10 Gulf War 11 Iraq & Afghanistan War Milo Hasak Logan Zutter Sewickley Valley Veterans & Auxiliary Pat Maloney Roll Call Past Commander, American Legion Post Bell Ringer Bryan O’Neill, Vice Commander Post Salute to the Dead Ohio Valley U.S.M.C Detachment “Taps” Music by Rick Purcell Closing Remarks Keynote Speaker Dan Telep Rev Russel Shuluga Benediction -9- MONDAY, MAY 27 LEETSDALE WAR MEMORIAL Broad & Ferry Streets MEMORIAL SERVICE AND FLAG RETIREMENT CEREMONY* Beginning at 1:00 P.M Followed by light snack in the Leetsdale VFW Post 3372 provided by the Veterans Appreciation Committee *Special thanks to Boy Scout Troop 243 for assisting with the Flag Retirement Ceremony When the United States flag becomes worn, torn, faded or badly soiled, it is time to replace it with a new flag, and the old flag should be “retired” with all the dignity and respect befitting our nation’s flag We are gathered here to destroy these flags that have been deemed no longer serviceable -10- "Tuskegee Airmen" refers to the men and women, AfricanAmericans and Caucasians, who were involved in the so-called "Tuskegee Experience", the Army Air Corps program to train African Americans to fly and maintain combat aircraft The Tuskegee Airmen included pilots, navigators, bombardiers, maintenance and support staff, instructors, and all the personnel who kept the planes in the air TUSKEGEE MEMORIAL After years of planning, researching, designing and fundraising, construction on the long-awaited Tuskegee Memorial has been completed at Sewickley Cemetery It was a long road, one that began in the early '90s, when “a group of amateur historians from Sewickley, Pa., took the first step in a long journey,” said Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Project founder and chairman, Regis Bobonis Sr., about the group from the Daniel B Matthews Historical Society that began research on the airmen Now, two decades later, they have in place the largest outdoor memorial in the country Sewickley Memorial Day Parade 1920 For additional Sewickley Memorial Day Weekend Events information, please go into the Sewickley Borough Website at: www.sewickleyborough.org -11- MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE Chairman Vice-Chairmen Honorable Mayor Brian F Jeffe Bill Fluharty, Past 32nd Dist Cmdr., American Legion Dominic Munizza, Cmdr., American Legion Post Secretary/Treasurer Jonathan Maloney Officer of the Day James “Pat” Maloney, Secretary Emeritus Distinguished Members Malachy Whalen, Past Mayor of Sewickley Borough Cliff Abercrombie, , Susie Abercrombie, Michael Cherock, Mary Hertz, Bryan O’Neill, Cathy Susko, Scott Wendt Canonneers Jim Abercrombie & Bill Pluechel Sewickley Memorial Day Parade - 1950 A Special Thanks to All of Our Parade Contributors The Parade is funded solely by donations, and contributions are always accepted Please send your donations to: Sewickley Memorial Day Fund, P.O Box 428, 601 Thorn St., Sewickley, PA 15143 The Sewickley Memorial Day Fund is a registered 501(c)3 Corporation -12- ... decades later, they have in place the largest outdoor memorial in the country Sewickley Memorial Day Parade 1920 For additional Sewickley Memorial Day Weekend Events information, please go into the... Commendation ribbon SUNDAY, MAY 26 11:00 A.M VETERANS MEMORIAL SERVICE Sewickley United Methodist Church, 337 Broad Street -4- MONDAY, MAY 27 10:00 A.M 128TH ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY PARADE PARADE ROUTE... LEETSDALE MONDAY, MAY 27 MEMORIAL SERVICE & FLAG RETIREMENT SERVICE 1:00 P.M Leetsdale War Memorial Broad & Ferry Streets -2- SATURDAY, MAY 25 11:00 A.M MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE COAST