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Sanatoga Legion Post Offers Veterans’ Day Services

Its honor guard and firing volley will be part of the ceremony next month at St. Aloysius’ cemetery on Buchert Road in Lower Pottsgrove.

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Lower Pottsgrove Soldier Completes Basic Training

POTTSTOWN PA – U.S. Army National Guard Pvt. Trent B. Long, a 2005 graduate of Pottsgrove Senior High School, recently graduated from One Station Unit Training at Fort Knox KY, according to the Joint Hometown News Service. Long’s training included basic combat training and advanced individual training. During his first nine weeks, Long completed basic [...]

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Pottsgrove American Legion Meets This Week

STOWE PA -There’s plenty to be talked about Thursday (Sept. 23, 2010) at 7:30 p.m., when members of the Sanatoga-based Brig. Gen. Elmer S. Friedberg American Legion Post 244 gather for their September meeting in St. Gabriel Lodge, at the corner of Jefferson Street and Grosstown Road, Stowe PA. Veterans of the Legion so far [...]

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Sanatoga Veterans Join In Recognition Ceremony

POTTSTOWN PA – A firing squad and a bugler, all of whom are members of Pottsgrove Brig. Gen. Elmer S. Friedberg American Legion Post 244 of Sanatoga PA, will be among veterans participating in the annual Friends of the Forgotten POW-MIA Recognition Day ceremony to be held Sept. 19 (2010; Sunday) beginning at about 1 [...]

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Notebook Worthy

SANATOGA PA – Recent jottings from a reporter’s notebook: Creamed Chipped Beef Vs. Scrambled Eggs The ugly start of an uglier conversation, overheard Friday morning (June 18, 2010) at The Sunshine Cafe on West Ridge Pike in Limerick: She: “See, we have different ideas about eating out. When I eat at a restaurant, I want [...]

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Retiring Old Glory With Honor

POTTSTOWN PA – More than 100 U.S. armed services veterans, Boy and Cub Scout troop members, and citizens who remembered all too well the horrors of wars past gathered Sunday afternoon (June 6, 2010) in Pottstown’s Memorial Park to both pay homage to the area’s Vietnam War heroes and to retire U.S. flags during a [...]

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Formal Flag Retirement Sunday In Pottstown

POTTSTOWN PA – A formal flag retirement ceremony will be conducted Sunday (June 6, 2010) at 1 p.m. at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Memorial Park, at Manatawny and King streets, Pottstown PA, Pottsgrove American Legion Post Adjutant William Worrell announced Wednesday (June 2). The event is open to the public. This event has been [...]

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Sanatoga Legion Post Honors Peace Officers

SANATOGA PA – The colors were raised and then lowered to half mast, a bag-piper played, and members of Sanatoga-based Brig. Gen. Elmer S. Friedberg American Legion Post 244 conducted a salute May 15 (2010; Saturday) during Peace Officers Memorial Day services on behalf of the North Coventry (PA) Police Department at the flag pole [...]

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American Legion Members Honor Police Officers

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. [...]

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Pottsgrove Grad Completes Air Force Training

POTTSTOWN PA – U.S. Air Force Airman Brandt M. Maharrey, a 2005 graduate of Pottsgrove High School, has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio TX, the Joint Hometown News Service reported. Maharrey is the son of Robin Sizer of Hollyberry Court, Pottstown PA. He completed an intensive, eight-week program [...]

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