You can go back in there and sit and it's like you're in a different world." Organizers of Easton's annual Veterans Day ceremony were stunned Wednesday by the sight of something they hadn't seen in years at Hackett Park: children. A crowd of about 150 people attended a 30-minute ceremony at the oak grove that honors the 59 Easton-area servicemen who perished during World War I. Among them were a dozen or so first- to fifth-graders from Cub Scout Pack 3 of College Hill. A number of other young children arrived with their parents and grandparents. "We never have children up here. I'm really surprised to see this many people," said veterans' advocate Joe Cuvo, adjutant of the...
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