Awake: 6:28am Temp 60 sleep 6+21 mostly sunny overnight @ Nicktown, PA.
Today is Memorial Day & the village of Nicktown has a long history of giving the folks, near & far, a wonderful parade & Memorial Presentation.
For us, the Memorial Day activities lasted a good (3) hrs; more about that later.
The parade consisted of the Nicktown Veterans, VFW Veterans & American Legion Veterans. Also part of the parade were the Nicktown volunteer fire members; scouting groups; the marching band from Northern Cambria High School; fire trucks from Nicktown, & Spangler; local farm tractors; Quad runners; an antique car, etc.
Then we & the crowd followed the parade to the cemetery where the MC, speaking through a loud speaker welcomed the crowd. Father Job gave the Invocation & Gary Jubas was the day's speaker. The Memorial presentation, honoring our recently fallen veterans continued, concluding with a gun salute & the bugling of taps.
My sister Corinne & the Foote Family met us on St. Joseph Street about (15) minutes before the parade began & we were pleased to have them join us. The Foote boys are always excited to watch fire trucks, tractors, Quad runners & other small powered vehicles.
Moments after the Memorial Service concluded, a Blackhawk Apache helicopter did a fly-by & the crowd of about (600-700) people took notice....a first for Nicktown. Not only did that Blackhawk fly-by, but it landed nearby & was on static display for the next (2) hrs. Those Foote boys were mesmerized for quite awhile & looked that machine over closely; in fact, we had to stay until it took to the skies & disappeared. What a special & nice treat that chopper added to the entire celebration.
Corinne left the scene around 10:30 am & after Kathy & I had brunch, we decided to spend more time with the Foote family @ their Castle in Indiana.
I gave Kevin a helping hand with his final shingling of the roof on their new storage building while Kathy spent time playing with Andrew on the 3rd floor. Matthew & Nathan played nicely in the back yard most of the time without getting into trouble; hey, "good happens" too!
Dinner with the Foote family: leftover meat balls, pasta, hamburger patties, French fries, potato salad, & macaroni salad. Melissa also made yummy fruit smoothies.
We bid farewell to the Footes & did some light shopping @ Wal-Mart before leaving Indiana, PA. It was a memorable & fun day.
Evening movie: "Pygmalion." We watch ½.
Nick Skyped us from Seattle. Jerry, Eriko, & Nick had a busy weekend with lots of outdoor play & a cookout at Zack's place today. Unfortunately, Jerry started with cold symptoms on Thursday, but that did not slow him down too much. Nick has a business trip to L.A. scheduled for Wednesday.
Lights out: 11:58pm
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