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Welcome Home and Flag Exchanged at Northampton January 6th

Welcome Home for Coast Guard Seaman Robert Hayes and a flag placement Army Major Jon Pavlovcak

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Jeff McKinnon holding Hayes Coast Guard flag (Pete Palestina)
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Jeff McKinnon reading a letter from Hayes Commanding officer (Pete Palestina)
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Tracy McKinnon reading a letter from the Hayes family (Pete Palestina)
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Marine Corps League and guests gathering during the ceremony intro. (Pete Palestina)
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Supervisor Chairman Adam Selisker with the Pavlovcak family placing the Army flag in the display (wife Karen, daughter Kate and son Jack) (Pete Palestina)

There was a Welcome Home for Coast Guard Seaman Robert Hayes and an Army flag placement for Army Major Jon Pavlovcak at the Northampton Township Board of Supervisors Reorganization meeting of January 6, 2020.

Hayes had deployed to Bahrain Persian Gulf in Nov. 2018 and recently returned stateside.

The second ceremony was and Army flag placement for resident Army Major Jon Pavlovcak who deployed back in September. His wife Karen and two children, Kate and Jack, placed his Army flag in the display to represent his deployment where it will stay until he returns to exchange it for the US flag.

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On hand for the ceremonies were the Marine Corps League Patriot Detachment, Northampton Veterans Advisory Commission members, Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s Veterans Advocate Peter Chong, PA State Senator Tommy Tomlinson’s staffer Nick Diasio and PA State Representative Wendi Thomas.

You can view the video at the following link https://youtu.be/u-2d076Puy8

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