Picture Rocks honors Memorial Day with parade, service
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflects on the history and meaning of the Memorial Day holiday during a service at Picture Rocks Cemetery on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event and parade organized by the Picture Rocks Lions club included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address recited by Arrigonie and Moores respectively were included. The program ended with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Picture Rocks Lions club members hold a Memorial Day parade and service in Picture Rocks on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Picture Rocks Lions club members held a Memorial Day parade and service in Picture Rocks on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Picture Rocks Lions club members held a Memorial Day parade and service in Picture Rocks on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade student Gabriel Morres recites the Gettysburg address during a Memorial Day service at Picture Rocks Cemetery on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event organized by the Picture Rocks Lions club included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Picture Rocks Lions club members hold a Memorial Day parade and service in Picture Rocks on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Picture Rocks Lions club members hold a Memorial Day parade and service in Picture Rocks on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade student Aubrey Arrigonie recites In Flanders Field during a Memorial Day service at Picture Rocks Cemetery on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event organized by the Picture Rocks Lions club included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Picture Rocks Lions club members hold a Memorial Day parade and service in Picture Rocks on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie, left and Gabriel Moores wait their turn at the microphone during a Memorial Day service at Picture Rocks Cemetery on Sunday. In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address were read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The event included keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, who reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. A parade organized by the Picture Rocks Lions club members included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps by the Hughesville High School band.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Picture Rocks Lions club members lead a Memorial Day parade in Picture Rocks on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The parade included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Picture Rocks Lions club members lead a Memorial Day parade in Picture Rocks on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The parade included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Flags marking graves of veterans at Picture Rocks Cemetery.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Flags marking graves of veterans at Picture Rocks Cemetery.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Picture Rocks Lions club members lead a Memorial Day parade in Picture Rocks on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The parade included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflects on the history and meaning of the Memorial Day holiday during a service at Picture Rocks Cemetery on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event and parade organized by the Picture Rocks Lions club included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address recited by Arrigonie and Moores respectively were included. The program ended with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Picture Rocks Lions club members hold a Memorial Day parade and service in Picture Rocks on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Picture Rocks Lions club members held a Memorial Day parade and service in Picture Rocks on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Picture Rocks Lions club members held a Memorial Day parade and service in Picture Rocks on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade student Gabriel Morres recites the Gettysburg address during a Memorial Day service at Picture Rocks Cemetery on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event organized by the Picture Rocks Lions club included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Picture Rocks Lions club members hold a Memorial Day parade and service in Picture Rocks on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Picture Rocks Lions club members hold a Memorial Day parade and service in Picture Rocks on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade student Aubrey Arrigonie recites In Flanders Field during a Memorial Day service at Picture Rocks Cemetery on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event organized by the Picture Rocks Lions club included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Picture Rocks Lions club members hold a Memorial Day parade and service in Picture Rocks on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie, left and Gabriel Moores wait their turn at the microphone during a Memorial Day service at Picture Rocks Cemetery on Sunday. In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address were read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The event included keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, who reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. A parade organized by the Picture Rocks Lions club members included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps by the Hughesville High School band.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Picture Rocks Lions club members lead a Memorial Day parade in Picture Rocks on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The parade included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Picture Rocks Lions club members lead a Memorial Day parade in Picture Rocks on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The parade included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Flags marking graves of veterans at Picture Rocks Cemetery.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Flags marking graves of veterans at Picture Rocks Cemetery.
RALPH WILSON/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Picture Rocks Lions club members lead a Memorial Day parade in Picture Rocks on Sunday, May 28, 2023. The parade included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart of Muncy. Riding in the Corvettes were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Aubrey Arrigonie and Gabriel Moores. The parade culminated with a service at the Picture Rocks Cemetery that included the reading of In Flanders Field and the Gettysburg Address read by Arrigonie and Moores respectively. The keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Holiday. The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of Taps.
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Keynote speaker, Eugene R. Otterbeine Sr., USAF-retired, reflected on the history and meaning of the Memorial Day holiday during a service at Picture Rocks Cemetery on Sunday as part of Picture Rocks Lions Club's Memorial Day parade and service on Sunday. The event included members of the Hughesville High School band, emergency vehicles from the Picture Rocks Fire Department and a pair of vintage Corvettes owned by Dave Taggart, of Muncy. Speaking at the ceremony were Ferrell Elementary School sixth grade Students of the Year award recipients Gabriel Moores and Aubrey Arrigonie. Morres recited the Gettysburg Address, and Arrigonie recited WWI poem "In Flanders Field." The program concluded with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 35 and the playing of "Taps."