SANATOGA PA – Members of Sanatoga-based Brig. Gen. Elmer S. Friedberg American Legion Post 244 will conduct honor services on behalf of the North Coventry (PA) Police Department this Saturday (May 15,2010), which is nationally recognized not only as Armed Forces Day but also as Peace Officers Memorial Day.
The tribute begins at 10 a.m. at the flag pole of the Coventry Mall, at Routes 100 and 724 in Pottstown PA, Post Adjutant William Worrell reports.
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Peace Officers Memorial Day commemorates federal, state and local officers killed or disabled in the line of duty, and is observed in conjunction with National Police Week.
During the ceremony, Worrell said, the American flag will be raised then lowered to half mast. The Legion firing squad will fire three volleys, followed by its bugler playing taps. Finally, a Chester County Emerald Society Pipe Band bag piper will play “Amazing Grace.”
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