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Memorial Day 2025
Join your friends and neighbors for the Fourth Annual Memorial Day Ceremony
Ontelaunee Park, New Tripoli
Monday, May 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
- Honoring local GOLD STAR family, Alan and Tammy Van Parys, parents of LCPL BRANDON VAN PARYS, USMC Killed-In-Action in Al-Anbar Province, Iraq.
- National Anthem performed by Nashville Recording Artist Valerie Borman.
- Recognize 12 local Veterans’ Names added to the granite monuments in 2025.
- Food Trucks – Ice Cream and BBQ will be available before and after the ceremony.
- All Veterans are encouraged to wear their uniforms or military service apparel.
RAIN OR SHINE in the Park pavilion
New design to provide space for additional names into the future.
A plan was unveiled at the Veterans Day event showing a proposed change to the memorial that will accommodate additional names well into the future. The original memorial design based on the 2484 names that were submitted and researched included space under each war for 330 future additions. After the dedication, 100 new names were submitted which was many more than we anticipated. As a result, the committee, along with our architect, Chris Brown, researched and discussed ways to increase space available to add names in the future. The proposed design will replace the existing steel perimeter fence with a stone wall with sloped granite caps where names can be added in the future.
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.