![]() ![]() The Boys Scouts will conduct the flag raising with Dale Brown playing the National Anthem on bagpipes. 20, there will be a special Gold Star ceremony for the Gold Star families, at the Folino Shelter, which is open to the public. Gold Star and closing ceremoniesĪt 6:30 p.m. Morabito said attendees will be able to hear more background information and personal stories about those men. (Panel 09W – Line 56) and William James Bowers (Panel 43E – Line 91). They are Dennis Ralph Baker (Panel 17W - Line 93), Larry Eugene Boyer (Panel 24W - Line 101), David Lynn Brown (Panel 45E – Line 16), David John Gamble (Panel 16W – Line 38) and David Francis Smith (Panel 20W – Line 104), John Leroy Straley (Panel 01E – Line 102), Robert Martin Kuner Jr. He also said there will be an "Honor Artifact Tent," which will have booklets and other artifacts that highlight the men who graduated from either Lincoln or Riverside high school and were killed during the war. Morabito said there will be constant around-the-clock security from the National Guard, while the Ellwood City Police Department will increase their patrols around the area of the wall. Volunteers will also help individuals trace names from the wall, using special "crayon" materials, during the allotted time, but will leave the materials there for individuals to do so after hours, as there will be lights by the wall. Other volunteers will be on-site, during those times, to help people locate specific names on the wall, or to help people scan a QR code on their phones to help locate names that way. He said due to the emotions of the wall and what it represents, grief and veterans counselors will be available from 8 a.m. Morabito said following the opening ceremonies, The Moving Wall will be able to be viewed 24/7 until it is disassembled on Aug. More: Rocky Bleier to be featured speaker during opening ceremony for The Moving Wall in Ellwood Viewing the wall ![]() ![]() Steve Plyler, pastor of Bell Memorial Presbyterian Church in Ellwood City, will give the invocation and benediction, the Ellwood City Civic Chorale will sing the National Anthem and other patriotic music, Mayor Anthony Court will give remarks, the Beaver-Lawrence Veterans Honor Guard will perform the rifle salute and "Taps," Ellwood City Boy Scout Troop 806 will conduct the flag raising, and the featured speaker will be Robert Patrick "Rocky" Bleier.īleier played for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1968, and from 1971-80, and served in the Vietnam War from 1968-70 with the 196th Light Infantry Brigade, later receiving the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for his service and actions during the war. at the Folino Shelter, the latter of which is open to the public.ĭuring the opening ceremony, the Rev. ![]() Once the assembly is done, Morabito said Gold Star families of those who have loved ones whose names are on the wall will be given private time to view the wall on their own.įrom 5-6 p.m., a reception for Gold Star families and Vietnam War veterans will be held in the park, followed by an opening ceremony at 6:30 p.m. 18, The Moving Wall will be escorted, by both volunteers and emergency personnel, from Union Township down Interstate 376 and Route 422 through West Pittsburg, Wampum, Koppel and Ellwood City, before being dropped off in Ewing Park between 9:30-10 a.m.įrom there, volunteers will begin assembling the wall, which Morabito said should take between 3-4 hours. Now, area residents will be able to once again see the list of those who had fallen during the war, as The Moving Wall, a portable, half-size replica of the memorial, will be returning to Ellwood City Aug. 157, wrote about the history of the memorial in a newsletter through the Ellwood City Area Historical Society. Morabito, who is a historian and past commander for Ellwood City American Legion Post No. He said he remembers being overcome with emotion looking at all of the names listed on the memorial, with over 58,000, knowing that is how many men and women gave the ultimate sacrifice during the Vietnam War. ELLWOOD CITY − Robert Morabito said he remembers going to see the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., in 1984, two years after it was officially installed. ![]()
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