There is going to be a ceremony and wreath laying 9:30 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 12 at the World War II memorial at 30th Street Station.
It will be hosted by Honor Flight Philadelphia as part of National Spirit of ’45 Day to remember our ever-shrinking number of World War II veterans.
There will be speakers including Philadelphia Councilman David Oh, banners, an honor guard, chairs and a podium around the memorial, and the ceremony will be broadcasts over the station’s PA system. There will be a bugler.
The 39-foot-tall memorial, which was placed to honor the 1,307 employees of the Pennsylvania Railroad who died during World War II, was designed by Walker Hancock and depicts Michael the Archangel raising a fallen soldier from the flames of war. It was dedicated on Aug. 10, 1952 with Gen. Omar Bradley as speaker with the unveiling by Congressional Medial of Honor recipient Robert E. Laws who was a sheet-metal worker at the Railroad’s Altoona Works.
Damn. I can’t make it but I sure would have been there if I could.
I know people associated with Honor Flight Philadelphia and it’s a class act