The location for tonight's 'Live From the Newsroom,' our weekly live-stream Internet broadcast, could not be more appropriate.
Two days after we marked Memorial Day, the holiday we set aside to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country, we will be at the sparkling Delaware County Veterans Memorial in Newtown Square.
We'll get an update on the work of the Delaware County Veterans Memorial Association, including plans for a statue to honor 'Wild Bill' Guarnere, one of the local soldiers who inspired the 'Band of Brothers' HBO special. The statue will be unveiled during a special flag-raising at the memorial on June 6 as part of Newtown Square Days.
We'll also get the details on a special Flag Day event at the memorial. Several very special flags will be used in a casket flag-raising ceremony as part of the National Flag Day celebration.
Joining us will be local businessman Guy Fizzano, president of DCVMA Board of Directors; Linda Houldin, founding member of DCVM; and
Debi Rafferty and Gene Guarnere, the granddaughter and son on Bill Guarnere.
I'm also hoping to be joined by Wes Mullen, the D-Day veteran who we featured in Tuesday's Daily Times and who was the special guest speaker at the Ridley Park Memorial Day celebration. If you missed the great story from staff writer Rose Quinn, you can read it here.
Mullen, a reserved man who is not one to boast of his own accomplishments, is now taking it on as his mission to stress the true heroes, those that we left behind on the beaches of Normandy as part of the D-Day Invasion.
The man is living history, but as is his nature, he wants to stress that he was just one of the many soldiers who served.
Actually, what they did was save the world.
It is a debt we can never repay.
Maybe in some small way we can by paying attention when they speak.
They will all speak tonight at 7 on DelcoTimes.com, when 'Live From the Newsroom' comes to you live from the Delaware County Veterans Memorial on West Chester Pike in Newtown Square.
Feel free to join us for a very special show.
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