Export marks Memorial Day with parade
Coutesy of Lisa Landi
Scouts march in the 2023 Export Memorial Day Parade carrying a 16-by-8-foot U.S. flag which flew over the USS Sanctuary hospital ship during the Vietnam War. It was donated by Ken Koncerak, the nephew of Lt. Cmdr. Charles Crans, who served as a surgeon aboard the ship.
Coutesy of Lisa Landi
From the left, Venturing Crew 220 members Joshua Thomas and Tyler Hanchey march in the 2023 Export Memorial Day Parade on May 29.
Coutesy of Lisa Landi
From the left, Paige Scott, Cub Master Bill Moutz, and Isaiah Rodriguez of Cub Scout Pack 213 march in the 2023 Export Memorial Day Parade on May 29.
Scouts marching in Export’s 2023 Memorial Day Parade carried with them an American flag which once flew over the USS sanctuary, a hospital ship deployed during the Vietnam War.
Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.
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