Published June 13. 2018 12:09PM
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Nathan Krajcirik, commander of the Lansford American Legion Post, hangs a Hometown Hero banner on a post along Ridge Street in Lansford on Tuesday. He said the Hometown Heroes banners are a project of the Lansford American Legion and about 50 such vinyl tributes to present and past military members are being hung. All the work is being done by Legion members. Watching Krajcirik are, from left, Joe Nichols, Richard Pogwist, Ron Kehl Sr., John R. Poko and Tim Midas.
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Krajcirik said the Legion has begun a Hometown Heroes project in which banners are hung honoring past and present military members. The Hometown Heroes banner program also exists in Tamaqua, Summit Hill and numerous other local communities. The bucket truck being used to hang the banners was donated for use to the Legion. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS
Lansford Legion commander Nathan Krajcirik, in bucket truck, hangs a Hometown Hero banner on a post along Ridge Street in Lansford on Tuesday. He said the Hometown Heroes banners are a project of the Lansford American Legion and about 50 such vinyl tributes to present and past military members are being hung. All the work is being done by Legion members. Watching Krajcirik are, from left, Joe Nichols, Richard Pogwist, Ron Kehl Sr., John R. Poko and Tim Midas.
Nathan Krajcirik, commander of the Lansford American Legion Post, hangs Hometown Hero banners along Ridge Street in the borough on Tuesday. He said the Legion has begun a Hometown Heroes project in which banners are hung honoring past and present military members. The Hometown Heroes banner program also exists in Tamaqua, Summit Hill and numerous other local communities. Krajcirik said the program is being administered through the Legion and about 50 banners are already in the process of being installed. The bucket truck being used to hang the banners was donated for use to the Legion. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS