Northampton Twp Memorial Day Ceremonies – Please Attend 5/27 8:00AM & 9:00AM

On Monday, 8:00AM. there will be a flag lowering/raising ceremony in front of the 7 flag poles of the Northampton Township building located at 55 Township Rd, Richboro. Along with the pole hoisting the US flag there are 6 other flag poles each with a flag of the branch of the military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard and Merchant Marines). This ceremony should only last approximately 5 minutes and will be conducted by the Marine Corps League’s Patriot Detachment.
At 9:00AM there will be a 45 to 55 minute ceremony at the Robert H. Dembowski, Jr. Veterans Memorial Park located at Routes 232 and 332 (2nd Street Pike & Almshouse Rd), Richboro. Included in this ceremony will be a wreath laying by the families of our two Northampton soldiers who were killed in action. They were Army PFC Bobby Dembowski, Jr. and Army Master Sgt. Ken Elwell. We will never forget Bobby and Ken and the service they gave while paying the ultimate price, Bobby Dembowski 6 years ago on May 24, 2007 and Ken Elwell, almost 2 years ago on July 17, 2011.