Applications are being accepted for the 2024 Elmer Hafer-American Legion-State Police-National Guard Youth Camp, which will be held June 9-15 at Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County.
The April 13 event is open to everyone. Local Vietnam Veterans of America Lehigh Valley Chapter 415 will be on hand to answer questions.
Hellertonians and others attended the Edward H. Ackerman American Legion Post 397's Veterans Day ceremony in the borough's Union Cemetery Saturday morning. The ceremony was an opportunity to say "thank you" to local veterans as well as to remember the service and sacrifices endured by all members of the U.S. Armed Forces.
The mortal sacrifices made by Americans in service to their country were remembered and honored at the Edward H. Ackerman American Legion Post's Memorial Day service in Hellertown's Union Cemetery Sunday.
DeSales University will honor Vietnam War veterans and their families in a special Vietnam War Commemoration Ceremony this Wednesday, March 29, from 11 a.m. to noon in the Commonwealth Room of the University Center on the school's Center Valley campus.
Veterans Day 2022 turned out to be a wet one, but the rain that began falling Friday morning didn't deter dozens of local residents from gathering at Union Cemetery in Hellertown to recognize the sacrifices made by their hometown heroes.
A former U.S. Marine, police officer and firefighter who has written a book about his experiences dealing with post-traumatic stress, depression and survivor's guilt will be the speaker at a free event at DeSales University in Center Valley next week.
If you would like to see a loved one from Hellertown or Lower Saucon Township recognized for their military service as part of the Saucon Valley Hometown Heroes Banner Program, there is currently another opportunity to do that.
relatively few women served in the U.S. Armed Forces in WWII, which makes the story of WAVE veteran Alma Davis of Coopersburg especially remarkable. Davis was honored by local organizations and politicians in a ceremony held the day after her 97th birthday.
Thursday's Veterans Day service organized by Hellertown American Legion Post 397 and held at Union Cemetery was a time to reflect on the many sacrifices all veterans have made for their country.
