Ground Breaking Ceremony
Mt. Lebanon Veterans Memorial
America the Beautiful
Words by Katharine Lee Bates,
Melody by Samuel Ward
Monday, May 30, 2011, Mt. Lebanon Park
Prelude
Mellon Middle School Guitar Club
Sponsor, Pierce Cook
Gabrielle Alberty, Sam Gonzales, Aaron
Lebovitz, John Radzilowicz, Noah Schultz,
Garrett Watts, Albert Winschel, Meghan Wright
Welcome
Commission President Dan Miller
“The National Anthem”
Lori Pearce
and
Presentation of the Colors
Mt. Lebanon Police Honor Guard
James Hughes, Paul Petras, Kevin Smith,
Mike Reimer, Mike Smakosz
Invocation
Fred Eckhardt, Mt. Lebanon Fire Department
About the Memorial and Recognition of Veterans
Veterans Memorial Committee Chairs
Rocky Bleier and Dan Gigler
Introduction of WWII Veteran Jack Haller and students
District Judge Blaise Larotonda and Brienne Sembrat
Ground Breaking
Jack Haller and Mt. Lebanon Students
Cassidy Higgins, Howe; Sean and Patrick Fitzgerald,
Washington; Nick Rendulic, Foster; Katie Strohl,
Lincoln; Aidan Witte, Jefferson Elementary; Aidan
Bareford, Hoover; Erich Bosch, Markham; Brynn
Fuller-Becker and Jackson Hopey, Mellon Middle;
Justin Greenbaum, Jefferson Middle, and Brad Nealon
and Alex Pecoraro, Mt. Lebanon High School
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
Conclusion
Rocky Bleier and Dan Gigler
“America the Beautiful”
Lori Pearce
(Please join in singing verses on the back of this program.)
Postlude
Mellon Middle School Guitar Club
If you would like more information about the Mt. Lebanon
Veterans Memorial or want to make a tax-deductible donation,
go to www.mtlebanon.org and click on Veterans Memorial
or mail a check, made payable to Mt. Lebanon Veterans
Memorial, to Mt. Lebanon Veterans Memorial, Mt. Lebanon
Municipality, 710 Washington Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15228.