Please join the Hampden Township Veterans Recognition Committee on Sunday September 8, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. for a Patriot Day Ceremony to remember 9/11. The public is invited to attend the event at the Hampden Township Veterans Park at 4345 Marketplace Way in Enola.
The program will begin with posting of the colors by Boy Scout Troop 276. The Hampden Township Volunteer Fire Department will conduct a moving bell ceremony Striking the Four Fives to remember all first responders on 9/11.
The keynote speaker is Chief Master Sergeant Edward J. Zuech, who is the Senior Enlisted Leader for the 193D Special Operations Maintenance Group responsible for aircraft generation and maintenance of the C-130J based at Middletown, Pennsylvania. CMSgt Zuech serves as the senior enlisted advisor for the 325 Airmen assigned to the Group and has deployed in support of numerous contingency operations. He is a drill status guardsman and works full time as the Director of Information Technology for the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State University.
