Anne's Arts & Activities Blog

Members of Charlie Company end the annual Memorial Day parade in downtown Bradford and begin the ceremonies in Veterans Square. Stan Black, US Air Force (Ret.) places a wreath on the Air Force Cross (left). This is the 60th year Elmer DeLucia (right) has marched in the Memorial Day parade. Elmer reminds us that the anniversary of D-Day is coming up next week. Steve Jones of Charlie Company (front and center) performs with a dance troupe from Elizabethtown following the parade and prior to the ceremonies in Veterans Square. The dancers (minus Jones) gave an encore performance following the ceremonies.

This little guy enjoys some Italian cuisine Saturday afternoon. Strolling mandolin player Edgidio Faiella takes a seat and entertains some of the people enjoying their lunch. Ann and Elmer DeLucia, and Patty Girard, were among the many people who attended the festival ... ...which was capped off with a fireworks show.

The remains of a Tyrone man missing in action since his cargo plane went down in Burma during World War II have been identified. Clarence Frantz was 24-years-old when his C-47A Skytrain left India on May 23, 1944, to resupply Allied forces near Myitkyina, Burma. Frantz and the six other airmen will be buried with full military honors July 15 at Arlington National Cemetery. Back in 1996, the Defense Department identified Staff Sergeant Anthony "Bib" DeLucia of Bradford, who died in August of 1944 when his B-24 Liberator crashed into a mountainside in South China. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13674