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Memorial Day Events, Closings Posted
By Submitted Report
The Tube City Almanac
May 27, 2016
Posted in: Announcements
The City of McKeesport will conduct Memorial Day Services at Memorial Park at 10 a.m. Monday, a spokeswoman said. The event will take place inside the Palisades in the event of rain.
Events will be broadcast live over Tube City Online's Internet radio station, WMCK.FM.
Following McKeesport's service, banners honoring 11 McKeesport men who were killed in action during the Vietnam War will be presented to the LaRosa Boys and Girls Club during an 11 a.m. service at the club, 901 Ravine Street. Theses banners were sponsored by American Legion Post 361 and the City of McKeesport.
Port Vue's Memorial Day parade will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, beginning at the American Legion, corner of Romine Avenue and Gumbert Street, and proceeding down Romine Avenue to the borough's Honor Roll.
All Allegheny County offices will be closed on Monday in observance of Memorial Day. Normal business hours will resume on Tuesday, a spokesman said.
Allegheny County golf courses at North Park and South Park will be open from 5 a.m. until dusk, and the tennis courts at Boyce Park, North Park, Settlers Cabin Park and South Park will be open from 8 a.m. until sundown.
Originally published May 27, 2016.
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