Four to be honored at Kennett Memorial Day parade

Anthony DiFabio is one of four local World War II veterans being honored at this year’s Kennett Memorial Day Parade. KENNETT SQUARE — World War II veterans Ralph D. Doss, Anthony L. DiFabio, Raymond Natale, Sr. and Horace J, Brown (deceased April 11, 2016), were selected as this year’s Grand Marshals for the Kennett Square Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 30. They will lead the...

Pratolas, Hopkins named Grand Marshall for Memorial Day Parade

Fred Patrola, pictured in the years just after World War II, is one of three local residents named as Grand Marshall of the annual Memorial Day Parade in Kennett Square. KENNETT — World War II veterans Michael B. Pratola, Jr., Fred Patrola, Sr., and Robert Hopkins, Sr. were selected as this year’s Grand Marshals for the Kennett Square Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 25. They will lead...

Memorial Day parade offers new thrills, old friends

Perfect weather highlights hour-long march up Route 82 as thousands look on By Mike McGann, Editor, KennettTimes.com Civil War reenactors fire as part of a 21-gun salute honoring the nation's war dead during ceremonies following the annual Memorial Day Parade in Kennett and Unionville. KENNETT — With near perfect, sunny weather, the latest version of the Kennett Memorial Day Parade went off...

Large crowds cheer Kennett Memorial Day Parade

High heat hits a few, but hundreds of local marchers strut their stuff in annual parade By Mike McGann, Editor, KennettTimes.com U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts (R-16) lays a wreath in honor of Memorial Day, Monday, during ceremonies at Union Hill Cemetery. KENNETT — The high humidity and late spring heat did little to diminish a busy Kennett Memorial Day parade. Even the news that honorary Grand Marshall...