Ellwood City’s American Legion J. Wilbur Randolph Post 157 will recognize the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II with a poignant ceremony to honor the 126 men from the Ellwood City area who paid the ultimate price for freedom.
The ceremony will include an Honor Roll and an Honor Guard Salute. Period music will be performed featuring the Sanctuary Jazz Band. The ceremony will begin at 1:00 p.m. at the Folino Shelter in Ewing Park and the public is encouraged to attend. Veterans are invited to stay for the Legion Picnic that will follow the ceremony.
The men to be recognized were former athletic stars on the local high school and college teams, or mill workers, mechanics, and delivery men. They were the sons and brothers of prominent citizens and the sons and brothers of average blue-collar families. They were officers. They were enlisted. They died on the battlefield, in enemy prison camps, or in state-side military accidents. But they were all referred to as “heroes” for their willingness to give the supreme sacrifice for their country.
One hundred and twenty-six area men, in the spring of their lifetime, were thrown into eternity for the cause of freedom. They gave everything they ever hoped for to their country. Please join us in recognizing their sacrifice to insure that, in the words of President Abraham Lincoln: “these honored dead shall not have died in vain.”
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