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Veterans Day
Ontelaunee Park, New Tripoli
TUESDAY, November 11, 2025
2:00 PM to 7:00 PM
- Celebrate Veterans Day at Ontelaunee Park with your friends and neighbors.
- Three Food Trucks will provide great food and drinks from 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM, enjoy in the park pavilion all afternoon or take something home for dinner.
- Great guitar music by Chris Noll plus basket raffles during the day. Meet with Memorial Committee members to learn about the new project for the memorial site.
- Patriotic musical – The Gilbert Family “Sing for America” performance at 3:00PM
- Bag Pipers will perform a Military Tribute, Amazing Grace and other patriotic tunes to recognize the service of our veterans. Kutztown Pipe Band performance at 4:30 PM
- Northwestern Lehigh Middle School students will conduct an educational Scavenger Hunt featuring the symbolism, history and quotations around the memorial site.
For more information
email nwlehighvetsmemorial@gmail.com or call 610-760-1175
Guest Bartenders at Randall’s Restaurant
SAVE the DATE: Wednesday, 27 August, 4:30 to 7:00 PM
Join your friends and neighbors at Randall’s Restaurant for fun and friendship over a drink featuring GUEST BARTENDERS representing the Northwestern Lehigh Veterans Memorial Committee.
Have a happy hour, or two, with Harold, Bill, Dave, Don and Ron. Stop in for a cold one and check out the latest news about the memorial in Ontelaunee Park.
Click the link Randall’s Restaurant for menus and directions
New design to provide space for additional names into the future.
Friends, Neighbors, Patriots and Veterans,
The Northwestern Lehigh Veterans Memorial Committee is launching a project to expand the space available in the memorial for engraving veterans’ names and tributes far into the future.
The original design was based on the 2484 names that were researched and submitted including space for 333 names to be added in the future. After our three-year effort to search for veterans who lived in our area, we received requests to add 100 more names following the Memorial Dedication in 2023, with another 19 requests in 2024, and 12 in 2025. Each year we continue to engrave veteran’s names as our children and grandchildren answer their call to serve and to include veterans who move into the four townships in our school district.
This unanticipated number of names submitted since the design was completed has nearly filled the Cold War and Vietnam War periods limiting our ability to add new veterans who served in those wars. As a result, the memorial committee has unveiled a new design that will allow names to be added as veterans or their families ask to be included in the memorial.
The new proposal replaces the existing metal fence around the memorial perimeter with a beautiful stone wall capped with 32 granite stones. Each cap is sized to have three columns of names, as they appear on the existing panels, providing space for an additional 900 names with quotations or other historical tributes to military service.
We hope to complete this project one year after the 250th Birthday of America’s Independence for the Memorial Day ceremony in 2027. Our cost estimate for this project is $160,000, which is about $175/name to provide the additional space. Current engraving cost has been $100 for each name. The committee is planning fundraising events and donation requests relying on the generous financial support from our local residents and businesses.
Please see the reverse side for ways to make a donation to kick off this project that will continue to honor of our local veterans who unselfishly served to keep America free.
Thank you for your continued support
The Northwestern Lehigh Veterans Memorial Committee
How to Donate
Donate by CHECK to: NW Lehigh Veterans Memorial
Mail to:
Lynn Township Office
c/o NW Lehigh Vets Memorial
7911 Kings Highway
New Tripoli, PA 18066
Donate by CREDIT CARD on the DONATIONS Tab on our website.
Donate by CELL PHONE
2024 Memorial Day Program
2023 Memorial Day Program
2022 Memorial Day Dedication Program
Commemorative Coins are still available for purchase to offset Memorial expenses
Contact Justine Bachman
610-760-1175
Either coin can be purchased for $20 each
The original Commemorative coin
Copper coin (.999 purity) commemorating the May 30, 2022 Dedication
Your contributions will help our efforts to provide such a worthy memorial to our Veterans.
Please make a donation.
Seipstown Grange #1657 Presents a $1,000 Donation to the Northwestern Lehigh Veterans Memorial Committee on Veterans Day 2023
At a ceremony, held on Veterans Day 2023 and in front of the Northwestern Lehigh Veterans Memorial at Ontelaunee Park, members of Seipstown Grange #1657 presented the Northwestern Lehigh Veterans[…]
Read moreName the Eagle Contest
A very successful “Name the Eagle” contest was just completed to choose a name for the Eagle mounted at the entrance to the memorial. Third, fourth and fifth graders at Weisenberg and Northwestern elementary schools submitted eight-one names for the eagle. They were asked to research ideas, with their parents and teachers, for names that have a connection with military, history and patriotism.
The winning name, chosen by the Memorial Committee members is “FREEDOM” submitted by Harper Slaski (5th grade Northwestern) and Mrs. O’Niel’s 3rd grade class (Weisenberg). Please see the attached document for second and third place winners and their names. This turned out to be a very successful and well received event that connected our elementary students, teachers and parents to this community project. The energy and excitement from the students was a joy to see.