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VETERANS MEMORIAL SERVICE Sewickley United Methodist Church, 337 Broad Street Commander Demo reported aboard in June of 2018, assuming the duties of Captain of the Port, Officer-in-char

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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

SATURDAY, MAY 25

11:00 A M

MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE COAST GUARD STATION

SENIOR CHIEF BOSIN MATE SHANE YONUSHONIS, OFFICER IN CHARGE

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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

Music provided by the Sewickley United Methodist Church Bell Ringers

Welcome CDR Thomas Benedict, USN Ret

Invocation Father James B Farnan, St James

Opening Remarks CDR Thomas Benedict, USN Ret Guest Speaker CDR Aaron W Demo, U.S Coast Guard

Taps Chuck Davis, American Legion Adjutant

Benediction Father James B Farnan, St James

Color Guards Ohio Valley Marines, Am Legion Posts #4 &

450 & Ladies Aux Post #450

SUNDAY, MAY 26

11:00 A M

VETERANS MEMORIAL SERVICE

Sewickley United Methodist Church, 337 Broad Street

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 En-forcement, 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

His previous assignments include: Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance at Coast Guard Headquarters (2013-2016), Chief, Inspections Division at Sector Houston-Galveston (2010-2013); Assistant Chief, Domestic Vessel Branch at Sector Hampton Roads (2006-2010); Chief

of the Incident Management Division and Investigating Officer at Sector New Orleans (2003-2006); 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

Guest Speaker

Aaron Demo

PARADE ROUTE

All streets on the route will close approximately 1 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

MONDAY, MAY 27

10:00 A M

128TH ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY PARADE

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 & 8

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

PARADE FORMATION

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

griz-zly 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

Dan has been married to Kitty Fay Telep for 48 years, has four children and enjoys 7 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 de-serve the praise of this Memorial Day celebration

Keynote Speaker Dan Telep

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

Honorary Parade Marshall

Warren Goss

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.

PROGRAM AT SEWICKLEY CEMETERY

Welcome

Invocation

“America The Beautiful”

General Logan’s Orders

Gettysburg Address

Placing of the Wreaths

1 Revolutionary War

2 War of 1812

3 Mexican War

4 Civil War

5 Spanish American War

6 World War I

7 World War II

8 Korea

9 Vietnam

10 Gulf War

11 Iraq & Afghanistan War

Roll Call

Bell Ringer

Salute to the Dead

“Taps”

Closing Remarks

Benediction

Hon Brian Jeffe, Sewickley Borough Mayor

Rev Russel Shuluga

Ava Maha Milo Hasak Logan Zutter Sewickley Valley Veterans & Auxiliary

Pat Maloney

Past Commander, American Legion Post 4

Bryan O’Neill, Vice Commander Post 4

Ohio Valley U.S.M.C Detachment

Music by Rick Purcell Keynote Speaker Dan Telep

Rev Russel Shuluga

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

"Tuskegee Airmen" refers to the men and women,

African-Americans 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

After years of planning, researching, designing and fund-raising, 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

TUSKEGEE MEMORIAL

Sewickley Memorial Day Parade

1920

For additional Sewickley Memorial Day Weekend Events information, please

go into the Sewickley Borough Website at: www.sewickleyborough.org

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

MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE

Dominic Munizza, Cmdr., American Legion Post 4

Distinguished Members

Canonneers

Malachy Whalen, Past Mayor of Sewickley Borough

Cliff Abercrombie, , Susie Abercrombie, Michael Cherock, Mary Hertz, Bryan O’Neill, Cathy Susko, Scott Wendt

Jim Abercrombie & Bill Pluechel

Sewickley Memorial Day Parade - 1950