Monday, April 1, 2013
Benches, flora and remembrance welcome visitors to walk with fallen classmates and staff on the grounds of North Penn High School.
North Penn graduates: When's the last time you walked around the outside of North Penn High School? In the zone of grass between the bus driveway and main driveway, off the courtyard and cafeteria, is a memorial garden dedicated to fallen North Penn classmates and staff. There, you can walk with those friends. Each fallen comrade's name, birth year and death year are engraved on bricks on the pathway of the garden. To date, there are more than 80 bricks of various students and teachers who suffered fates due to accidents, illness, drugs or other means. Benches, attractive flora and some other surprises, like butterflies and birdhouses, comfort the walker on this reminiscent journey. Read a story on the garden here. Do you recognize any …
Monday, May 28, 2012
Supervisors, township police and vets hold flag-raising ceremony at Firehouse Park Monday
Lansdale, Hatfield and Harleysville have their respective Memorial Day parades and ceremonies, but there's another fledgling remembrance that has been occurring in Towamencin Township. Township supervisors Dan Littley, Jim Sinz and David Mosesso, township manager Rob Ford and Towamencin Township Police Sgt. John Cutrone - all veterans - held a flag-raising ceremony at the memorial at Firehouse Park on Bustard Road Monday morning in honor of Memorial Day. Also in attendance were Officers Pat Horne and Jim Hanrahan, police Lt. Jeff Kratz, resident Bob Di Domizio and Vietnam veteran and township resident Kevin Keenan. "Memorial Day was first brought about by General Order 11, signed by General John Logan, commander of the Grand Army of the …
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
In loving memory of Barbara Heffintrayer: A son's tribute
Last Feb. 1, I spent the day with my mother at the nursing home for her birthday. She unwrapped her presents, asked how school was going, and we made plans for her to come home for Easter. Had I known that was going to be the last birthday I would ever spend with her, I would have said and done so much more. In my 30 years, I've lost friends and family members, but nothing could have ever prepared me for the emptiness that results from losing a mother. Every single cliche I had ever heard about loss rang true, as food lost its taste, and sleep became a distant memory. I found myself sitting alone, listening to the same song on repeat, unable to make sense of what I was feeling. I've always been able to handle highly stressful …
Donna Dawson
4:50 pm on Wednesday, April 3, 2013
steven you must be blessed to have such an untouched life. Losing a child no matter how is unspeakable. this is a small comfort to friends and family. Let us have what we can. more ›