Bucks veterans to visit war memorials

DOYLESTOWN The Recorder of Deeds Office will help Bucks veterans from World War II and the Korean War to visit Washington and see their respective war memorials in October.

The effort is part of the Bucks County Honor Flight program, and is administered through a similar nonprofit in Philadelphia.

Information sessions will be held for veterans throughout the county in April by Joe Szafran, the recorder of deeds, and a quartet of Republican state senators who represent parts of Bucks: Tommy Tomlinson, Charles McIlhinney, Stewart Greenleaf, and Robert Mensch.

Volunteers and people interested in serving in guardian roles are needed. Most of the information sessions will be held this week, although another will be offered on April 23.

The first sessions will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Doylestown American Legion hall and at the same time Wednesday at the Newtown American Legion hall. Two others will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the Bucks County Visitor Center in Bensalem and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Levittown Fire Company No. 1.

The Bucks County Free Library in Quakertown will hold a session from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, and the Q-Mart on Station Road in Quakertown will hold one from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The final session will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. April 23 at the Douglas A. Post/Harry C. Wilson II Memorial Post in Warminster.

For more information, call 215-348-6209. - Ben Finley