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off at Manheim Pennsylvania Auto Auction, 1190 Lancaster Road, Manheim. While truck parking and driver registration will run from 6 to 10 a.m., the public is invited to a Family Fest from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The convoy will depart at 1:30 p.m. In the past, the convoy has been held on Mother’s Day, but See Wheels pg 3
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for children only. John Scarpato will serve as the event’s master of ceremonies and will rove throughout the festivities with a microphone, asking attendees historical questions for a chance to win prizes. At 2 p.m., local couple Janie and Larry Garber will mark 50 years of marriage by renewing their vows at a ceremony in front of the museum. Second-graders from Donegal Primary School will sing songs and dance to music written in the 1800s, Good shared. “Following
the second-graders will be the traditional maypole dance done by students from Donegal Intermediate School (DIS),” she said. “To end the program, the entire town is invited to participate in a cake walk around the square.” There is an incidental charge for participating in the cake walk, and the prizes will be homemade cakes and cookies. “There will be a narrated bus tour highlighting Maytown’s businesses in the 1800s,” Good said, noting that there is a small fee for adults taking the tour
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On March 25, 1991, the first National Medal of Honor Day was celebrated to recognize recipients of the highest award for military valor in action. Although Lancaster County has several Medal of Honor recipients, a ceremony to mark this day has not been held in the county - until now. Thanks to members of the Sons of Union Veterans Camp 19, two local Medal of Honor (MOH) soldiers were
formally honored at a ceremony in March. William H. Strayer was honored at his final resting place, Camp Hill Cemetery on Bruce Avenue in Mount Joy. Charles H. Fasnacht was honored at Greenwood Cemetery in Lancaster. “ To our knowledge, this was the first commemoration o n Nat i o n a l MOH Day i n the county,” shared Scott M. Fasnacht, past camp commander of the Gen. George H. Thomas Camp 19, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW). See Medal of Honor pg 8
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For more than three decades, the Make-A-Wish Mother’s Day Truck Convoy has rolled through the county, lifting spirits and raising funds for local children battling critical illnesses. The 36th annual event will be held on Saturday, May 10. It will kick
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