Pennsylvania veterans honored during Indiantown Gap Cemetery ceremony
Multiple visitors gathered at the Pennsylvania Veterans Memorial at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery Nov. 8 under the sounds of rifle volley and cadences of the various armed services. Among those traveling the shuttle buses Sunday afternoon was Amber Johnson. The Carlisle resident told the Lebanon Daily News she planned to visit her mother-in-law's grave stone, while making time to visit with her son who over this last year joined the Pa. National Guard. "I won't lie, my husband and I were more than a little nervous when he first talked to us about it, and at times it has been a challenge," she said. "But at the end of the day, I couldn't be more proud to see him in that uniform." Residents, government officials and veterans came to Indiantown Gap National Cemetery to participate in the 44th Annual Veterans Day Ceremony. This year’s program is cosponsored by Indiantown Gap National Cemetery Memorial Council and the National Camp Patriotic Order of Sons of America. The commonwealth has nearly 700,000 veterans and is the fifth-largest veterans' population in the country, according to the state Department of Human Services . More than 72% of Pennsylvania's veterans are over the age of 55,
