Monday, May 27 - at the Freeburg Community Center  MEMORIAL  D  AY  CELEBRATING OUR HEROES  View OUD Hometrowm Hero Banners!  Today's Events Memorial Day Parade on Market Street Food Trucks at the Comm. Center Parking lot Military Display (Mark Troup) - and Freeburg Hometown Hero Postcards forsale In the Community Center Gym  11:00 11:30-3:00  12:30-1:30 Sing Along in the Gym - DAVID BINGAMAN  All Ages! Patriotic songs as well as favorites! Church bells will ring for the National Moment of Remembrance. Please take a moment of silence to honor those that have sacrificed so much for our freedoms.  3:00  WONDY WAGON  Poppy's Coffee Co.  m  The Rollin' Cones  Aunt Jenny's Tried and True Catering  Daddy's BBQ Chicken    In Flanders Fields by John McCrae  In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow  Inl Flanders fields.  In Flanders fields.  Owwleac-ntcOuR2023  111426  Do you wish to make a donation? Donations may be made to the Freeburg Borough Banner Committee in any amount. Donations may be used to purchase banners for  veterans or for upkeep and hanging each year. Freeburg Borough Banner Committee  P.O. Box 308 Freeburg, PA 17827  Checks can be made out to: Freeburg Borough Banner Committee Questions: Contact the Freeburg Borough Office @ 570-374-7314    NATIONAL MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE  ANACT OF AMERICAN UNITY INI A SHARED MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE FOR  OUR FALLEN HEROES  When: Along with other Americans, you are asked to spend a moment of remembrance on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023, at 3 p.m. local time (duration: one minute). The time 3 p.m. was chosen, because it is the time when many Americans are enjoying their freedoms on the national holiday. The Moment does not replace the traditional Memorial Day observances. It is intended to be a unifying act What: As you participate in this Moment, you are helping reclaim Memorial Day for the noble and sacred reason for which it was intended-to honor those who died in service to our Nation. Where: You may pause for the Moment wherever you happen to be, whether alone or with others. How: Participation is voluntary and informal. You may observe in your own way a Moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever you are doing for a moment of silence or listening to' "Taps." You may, however, organize the observance more formally at such places as your neighborhood, local pool, picnic grounds, etc., for one minute of remembrance. You may ring a bell to signify the beginning and the end of the Moment or may tune into a local radio station that is observing the Moment with the playing of "Taps." If you are driving a vehicle, you may turn on your Why: To remind all Americans of the importance of remembering those who sacrificed for their freedom and what it means to be an American. To provide Americans throughout the world the opportunity toj join this expression of gratitude, in an act of unity. To make Memorial Day relevant, Background: In May 1996, the idea of the Moment was born, when children touring Washington, D.C., were asked what Memorial Day meant. They responded, "That's the day the pools open!" On Dec. 28, 2000, by P.L. 106-579, the White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance was established. The Moment has the personal support of the President of the United  of remembrance for Americans of all ages.  Who: Americans of every age are invited to participate.  headlights.  especially to younger Americans.  States.    OUR HOMETOWN HEROES  FREEBURG, PA  Charles Amig James Aucker Larry W. Aucker Robert "Bob" Aucker. Jr. Knowles "Huck" Barrick Richard "Bud" Bickhart Chester Bingaman Paul Henry Boyer Harvey C. Dreese Justin W. Dreese Ralph Orlean Dreese Raymond E. Dreese Elwood M. Dressler Marlin L. Dressler Roger L. Dressler Roy W. Dressler Clyde E. Ferry Richard M. Forster William K. Forster Jeffrey E. Freed Paul T. Freed EarlJ. Gearhart Edwin W. Gheer John R. Glover Donald Groner Glenn Heintzelman Robert Heintzelman Gene Hendricks Bobby W. Hoffman John M. Hoffman Joseph Jr. Hoffman Oscar Hoffman Russel W. "Buddy" Hoffman Stanley Ray Hoffman  William E. Hoffman William R. Hoffman Richard L. Hoke Ernest B. Hoover Carl C. Inch Eva H. Kissinger George E. Kissinger Gary A. Klingler Paul D. Klingler Franklin Longacre Jr. Harvey E. Maneval Fred C. Moyer Sr. Dr. George S. Moyer Guy H. Moyer Ethan D. Mull Edgar R. Neff Harold O. Neff Robert L. Reggia, Sr. John Wayne Reichenbach Kenneth C. Shawver Robert R. Sheaffer Lawrence M. Smith John Snyder Richard Spriggle Richard Spriggle Jr. Donald Lee Stahl Richard G. Straub William C. Straub Guy W. Troup Dennis Van Benthuysen Gene "Pee Wee" Walter Richard A. Walter Robert R. Walter. Jr. Malachi Zeiders