Mercer veterans planning ceremony

MERCER, Pa. — The Mercer County Vietnam Era Veterans Association will sponsor its 13th annual “Remembrance and Reflections” Memorial Ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday at the county Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

The event is designed to honor county service members who were killed or are missing from the Vietnam era.

Friends and family of the deceased may attend and be part of the ceremony. This year it will include those service members from the county who died in the war against terrorism.

During the ceremony, each name will be called and a rose will be placed at the memorial on the east side of the Mercer County Courthouse.

The main speaker will be Gary Solander, a retired U.S. Army Coronel who is the Mercer County director of veterans affairs.