Washington Crossing National Cemetery
November 2015
Washington Crossing National Cemetery Honor Guard Banquet 2019
The following audio are remarks made at the dedication of the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument at Washington Crossing National Cemetery on June 9, 2018 by Guardians of the National Cemetery President Robert Craven. As of December 31, 2018, 16,248 persons have been interred at Washington Crossing National Cemetery.
Unattended Veterans' Services at Washington Crossing National Cemetery 1/26/2017
Military Honors were performed in honor of those veterans interred this month who had no one attending their service. Harold Stillstrom US Army, Richard Grant US Marine Corps and Luther Neeley US Navy. A clarification, Luther Neeley's family did attend his funeral services.
There names will be read, the Pennsylvania Military Honors team will present the flag to a volunteer who will receive the flag on behalf of all of the veterans. The Guardians will perform the rifle salute and provide live Taps.
It is our hope that all cemetery employees will be present along with any interested individuals wishing to attend. Feel free to invite anyone you wish. Clergy of all faiths are invited to attend. If they care to offer any words during the service, please contact Gina Accardo, at 215-504-5610 ext 202, or e-mail gina.accardo@va.gov
Around Town with Tom Tommy Mellon Talk Show Host at Washington Crossing National Cemetery
Around Town with Tom Tommy Mellon Talk Show Host at Washington Crossing National Cemetery Bucks County Pennsylvania
Arlen Specter at Veterans Cemetery Groundbreaking
Arlen Specter speaks at the groundbreaking of the Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Newtown, PA.
Washington's Crossing PA Canal Trail - unknown soldiers graves Dec. 1776
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In Memory of Walter A. Rokuskie Sr.
Walter A. Rokuskie Sr., 73, of Feasterville, on April 21, 2017. He is survived by his wife of 48 years Rita M. Rokuskie (nee Jackson), children Paul M. Rokuskie (Beth), Julie M. Hurst (Brian), and Walter A. Rokuskie Jr. (Jennifer), and grandchildren Brianna M. Hurst, Connor M. Hurst, Logan M. Hurst, Grant M. Rokuskie, Austin M. Rokuskie, Andrew J. Rokuskie, and Spencer M. Rokuskie.
He was preceded in death by his parents Michael Rokuskie, and Josephine Korpalski (nee Kolody), a brother Peter Rokuskie, a sister Anna McDade, and a step-father Matthew Korpalski.
Walter retired from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, and worked part-time at Sears Auto at the Neshaminy Mall.
Walt loved traveling around the United States, camping at Raystown Lake, and attending his grandchildren’s sporting and school events. He loved playing golf. Walt could never pass up anything that was free.
Walter was a US Navy Veteran, who served aboard the USS Chilton.
Relatives and friends are invited to Funeral Service, Wednesday April 26 2017 at 7:30pm at the John J. Bryers Funeral Home, 406 N Easton Rd., Willow Grove PA 19090. Viewing from 5pm to 7:30pm. Interment to be held on Thursday April 27, 2017 at 8:45am at the Washington Crossing National Cemetery, 830 Highland Rd, Newtown, PA 18940.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Autism Cares Foundation, P.O. Box 180, Richboro, PA 18954, autismcaresfoundation.org
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Thousands bid farewell to Montco cop
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Thousands lined the streets and joined in the funeral procession of Plymouth police officer Bradley Fox, who was shot and killed in the line of duty last week.
A Warminster native and William Tennent graduate, Fox was buried at Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Upper Makefield. He's survived by his daughter and pregnant wife.
The suspect in his death killed himself, according to the Montgomery County coroner's office.
Jackson's Valley Campaign | Wikipedia audio article
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Jackson's Valley Campaign
00:02:35 1 Background
00:06:02 2 Opposing forces
00:06:11 2.1 Confederate
00:08:29 2.2 Union
00:10:46 3 Initial movements
00:13:23 4 Valley Campaign
00:13:32 4.1 Kernstown (March 23, 1862)
00:17:52 4.2 Retreating from the Valley (March 24 – May 7)
00:22:41 4.3 McDowell (May 8)
00:25:35 4.4 Conflicting orders (May 10–22)
00:27:45 4.5 Front Royal (May 23)
00:31:28 4.6 Winchester (May 25)
00:35:44 4.7 Union armies pursue Jackson
00:41:43 4.8 Cross Keys (June 8)
00:44:42 4.9 Port Republic (June 9)
00:48:11 5 Aftermath
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Jackson's Valley Campaign, also known as the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862, was Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson's spring 1862 campaign through the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia during the American Civil War. Employing audacity and rapid, unpredictable movements on interior lines, Jackson's 17,000 men marched 646 miles (1,040 km) in 48 days and won several minor battles as they successfully engaged three Union armies (52,000 men), preventing them from reinforcing the Union offensive against Richmond.Jackson suffered a tactical defeat (his sole defeat of the war) at the First Battle of Kernstown (March 23, 1862) against Col. Nathan Kimball (part of Union Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's army), but it proved to be a strategic Confederate victory because President Abraham Lincoln reinforced the Union's Valley forces with troops that had originally been designated for the Peninsula Campaign against Richmond. On May 8, after more than a month of skirmishing with Banks, Jackson moved deceptively to the west of the Valley and drove back elements of Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont's army in the Battle of McDowell, preventing a potential combination of the two Union armies against him. Jackson then headed down the Valley once again to confront Banks. Concealing his movement in the Luray Valley, Jackson joined forces with Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell and captured the Federal garrison at Front Royal on May 23, causing Banks to retreat to the north. On May 25, in the First Battle of Winchester, Jackson defeated Banks and pursued him until the Union Army crossed the Potomac River into Maryland.
Bringing in Union reinforcements from eastern Virginia, Brig. Gen. James Shields recaptured Front Royal and planned to link up with Frémont in Strasburg. Jackson was now threatened by three small Union armies. Withdrawing up the Valley from Winchester, Jackson was pursued by Frémont and Shields. On June 8, Ewell defeated Frémont in the Battle of Cross Keys and on the following day, crossed the North River to join forces with Jackson to defeat Shields in the Battle of Port Republic, bringing the campaign to a close.
Jackson followed up his successful campaign by forced marches to join Gen. Robert E. Lee for the Seven Days Battles outside Richmond. His audacious campaign elevated him to the position of the most famous general in the Confederacy (until this reputation was later supplanted by Lee) and has been studied ever since by military organizations around the world.
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Brooklyn | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:25 1 Toponymy
00:03:30 2 History
00:04:20 2.1 Colonial era
00:04:29 2.1.1 Six Dutch towns
00:06:41 2.1.2 Six townships in an English province
00:08:06 2.1.3 Revolutionary War
00:10:12 2.2 Post-colonial era
00:10:21 2.2.1 Urbanization
00:14:26 2.2.2 Civil War
00:15:33 2.2.3 Twin city
00:18:43 2.2.3.1 Mayors of the City of Brooklyn
00:19:15 2.3 New York City borough
00:20:32 3 Geography
00:22:08 3.1 Boroughscape
00:22:16 3.2 Climate
00:23:11 4 Demographics
00:24:06 4.1 2010 Census
00:25:09 4.2 2012 estimates
00:28:09 4.3 Languages
00:30:07 5 Neighborhoods
00:31:06 5.1 Community diversity
00:31:47 5.1.1 Jewish American
00:32:44 5.1.2 Chinese American
00:33:35 5.1.3 Caribbean and African American
00:34:51 5.1.4 Latino American
00:35:57 5.1.5 Russian and Ukrainian American
00:36:39 5.1.6 Polish American
00:37:01 5.1.7 Italian American
00:37:27 5.1.8 Muslim American
00:38:26 5.1.9 Irish American
00:39:17 5.1.10 Greek American
00:39:45 5.1.11 Artists-in-residence
00:40:30 6 Government and politics
00:43:53 6.1 Federal representation
00:46:44 7 Economy
00:50:24 8 Culture
00:50:55 8.1 Cultural venues
00:52:24 8.2 Media
00:52:32 8.2.1 Local periodicals
00:54:03 8.2.2 Ethnic press
00:55:15 8.2.3 Television
00:55:36 8.3 Events
00:56:14 9 Parks and other attractions
00:59:31 9.1 Sports
01:02:44 9.1.1 Recreational Fishing
01:03:20 10 Transportation
01:03:29 10.1 Public transport
01:05:58 10.2 Roadways
01:08:58 10.3 Waterways
01:10:53 11 Education
01:12:00 11.1 Higher education
01:12:09 11.1.1 Public colleges
01:14:47 11.1.2 Private colleges
01:17:05 11.1.3 Community colleges
01:17:22 12 Brooklyn Public Library
01:18:44 13 Partnerships with districts of foreign cities
01:19:19 14 Hospitals and healthcare
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Brooklyn () is the most populous borough of New York City, with an estimated 2,648,771 residents in 2017. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, it borders the borough of Queens at the western end of Long Island. Brooklyn has several bridge and tunnel connections to the borough of Manhattan across the East River, and the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge connects it with Staten Island. Since 1896, Brooklyn has been coterminous with Kings County, the most populous county in the U.S. state of New York and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, after New York County (which is coextensive with the borough of Manhattan).With a land area of 71 square miles (180 km2) and water area of 26 square miles (67 km2), Kings County is New York state's fourth-smallest county by land area and third-smallest by total area, though it is the second-largest among the city's five boroughs. Today, if each borough were ranked as a city, Brooklyn would rank as the third-most populous in the U.S., after Los Angeles and Chicago.
Brooklyn was an independent incorporated city (and previously an authorized village and town within the provisions of the New York State Constitution) until January 1, 1898, when, after a long political campaign and public relations battle during the 1890s, according to the new Municipal Charter of Greater New York, Brooklyn was consolidated with the other cities, boroughs, and counties to form the modern City of New York, surrounding the Upper New York Bay with five constituent boroughs. The borough continues, however, to maintain a distinct culture. Many Brooklyn neighborhoods are ethnic enclaves. Brooklyn's official motto, displayed on the Borough seal and flag, is Eendraght Maeckt Maght, which translates from early modern Dutch as Unity makes strength.
In the first decades of the 21st century, Brooklyn has experienced a renaissance as an avant garde destination for hipsters, with concomitant gentrification, dramatic house price increases, and a decrease in housi ...
William Howard Taft | Wikipedia audio article
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William Howard Taft
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William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th President of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for re-election by Woodrow Wilson in 1912 after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third-party candidate. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Taft to be chief justice, a position in which he served until a month before his death.
Taft was born in Cincinnati in 1857. His father, Alphonso Taft, was a U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of War. Taft attended Yale and, like his father, was a member of Skull and Bones. After becoming a lawyer, he was appointed a judge while still in his twenties. He continued a rapid rise, being named Solicitor General and as a judge of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1901, President William McKinley appointed Taft civilian governor of the Philippines. In 1904, Roosevelt made him Secretary of War, and he became Roosevelt's hand-picked successor. Despite his personal ambition to become chief justice, Taft declined repeated offers of appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States, believing his political work to be more important.
With Roosevelt's help, Taft had little opposition for the Republican nomination for president in 1908 and easily defeated William Jennings Bryan for the presidency that November. In the White House, he focused on East Asia more than European affairs and repeatedly intervened to prop up or remove Latin American governments. Taft sought reductions to trade tariffs, then a major source of governmental income, but the resulting bill was heavily influenced by special interests. His administration was filled with conflict between the conservative wing of the Republican Party, with which Taft often sympathized, and the progressive wing, toward which Roosevelt moved more and more. Controversies over conservation and antitrust cases filed by the Taft administration served to further separate the two men. Roosevelt challenged Taft for renomination in 1912. Taft used his control of the party machinery to gain a bare majority of delegates and Roosevelt bolted the party. The split left Taft with little chance of re-election and he took only Utah and Vermont in Wilson's victory.
After leaving office, Taft returned to Yale as a professor, continuing his political activity and working against war through the League to Enforce Peace. In 1921, President Harding appointed Taft as chief justice, an office he had long sought. Chief Justice Taft was a conservative on business issues and under him there were advances in individual rights. In poor health, he resigned in February 1930. After his death the next month, he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, the first president and first Supreme Court justice to be interred there. Taft is generally listed near the middle in historians' rankings of U.S. presidents.
Brooklyn | Wikipedia audio article
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Brooklyn () is the most populous borough of New York City, with a census-estimated 2,648,771 residents in 2017. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, it borders the borough of Queens, at the western end of Long Island. Brooklyn also has several bridge connections to the boroughs of Manhattan (across the East River) and Staten Island (across the Verrazano Narrows Bridge). Since 1896, the borough has been coterminous with Kings County, the most populous county in the U.S. state of New York and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, after the county of New York (which is coextensive with the borough of Manhattan).With a land area of 71 square miles (180 km2) and water area of 26 square miles (67 km2), Kings County is New York's fourth-smallest county by land area and third-smallest by total area, though it is the second-largest among the city's five boroughs. Today, if New York City dissolved, Brooklyn would rank as the third-most populous city in the U.S. after Los Angeles and Chicago.
Brooklyn was an independent incorporated city (and previously an authorized village and town within the provisions of the New York State Constitution) until January 1, 1898, when, after a long political campaign and public relations battle during the 1890s, according to the new Municipal Charter of Greater New York, Brooklyn was consolidated with the other cities, boroughs, and counties to form the modern City of New York, surrounding the Upper New York Bay with five constituent boroughs. The borough continues, however, to maintain a distinct culture. Many Brooklyn neighborhoods are ethnic enclaves. Brooklyn's official motto, displayed on the Borough seal and flag, is Eendraght Maeckt Maght, which translates from early modern Dutch as Unity makes strength.
In the first decades of the 21st century, Brooklyn has experienced a renaissance as an avant garde destination for hipsters, with concomitant gentrification, dramatic house price increases, and a decrease in housing affordability. Since 2010, Brooklyn has evolved into a thriving hub of entrepreneurship and high technology startup firms, and of postmodern art and design.