44th Veterans Day Ceremony Held at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Honoring Pennsylvania's Nearly 700,000 Veterans
ANNVILLE, Pa. — Pennsylvania held its 44th annual Veterans Day ceremony at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Lebanon County on November 8, honoring the state's nearly 700,000 veterans. The ceremony took place before the Pennsylvania Veterans Memorial, with rifle salutes and service bands performing, as veterans, officials and residents arrived by shuttle.
This year's ceremony was hosted by the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery Memorial Committee together with veterans organizations. William E. Tobin, deputy director of Berks County veterans affairs and a retired chief warrant officer, addressed the gathering. Pennsylvania's veteran population of nearly 700,000 is the fifth largest in the nation.
Adjacent to the cemetery, Fort Indiantown Gap is one of the busiest National Guard training centers in the country, hosting 132,200 trainees and 985,514 training man-days in fiscal 2025. Cemetery director John Spruyt told the ceremony that veterans protect America 365 days a year and deserve to be remembered.
Source: Lebanon Daily News
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: Fort Indiantown Gap 正门。（经 Wikimedia Commons）
