On Saturday morning, members of the Dolon-Jones-Martino American Legion Post 304, Jim Thorpe, offered their prayers and support at six area monuments, remembering the men and women who gave their lives in service to America.

Chaplain Gilbert Henry offered a prayer at each monument:

“May our land blessed with honest and productive industry and a people of integrity, who are anxious to learn and willing to respect one another.” Henry prayed in part.

The program also included the laying of a wreath, a gun salute, and the playing of Taps by Bill Diehm on the bugle.

The monuments that were visited were the World War I Monument and the Lost at Sea Monument, both at Jim Thorpe Memorial Park; The World War II Monument on North Street; The Soldiers & Sailors Monument in Hazard Square; The Vietnam War Monument on West Broadway; the Korean War Monument at the Diligent Fire Company on Center Avenue; and the Civil War Monument at Liberties Hill Road, just off Route 209.