6th PowWow on Manatawny Creek is This Weekend

Blogger's Note: The following was provided by Ron Williams.

The 6th Annual "PowWow on Manatawny Creek" will take place this coming weekend, May 4 and 5 at Pottstown Memorial Park from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.

This year the event will welcome the Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 565 Color Guard who will lead the Grand Entry and Flag Ceremony. "Each year the PowWow circuits throughout the nation recognize veterans of the armed forces and first responders as an integral part of our tradition and we are glad to be honoring the American Legion Sanatoga chapter as well," according to organizer Ron Williams

Master of Ceremony Barry Lee is returning to lead dances and demonstrations and will also join with his Native Folklore band, Spirit Wing along with Barbara Christy.

Directing the circle this year are Head Dancers Hanna Jacobs Keller and Michael Nephew, past President of the American Indian Society. The Host Drum, The Zotigh Singer, and Guest Drums, Medicine Horse Singers, Red Blanket Singers and visiting Drum Gray Cloud singers promise make a memorable impression on the crowd.

As usual there will be a wide variety of Native American and Native American influenced merchandise, leather work, jewelry, art, clothing and children's items as well. Weather permitting a Falconer who has graced many of the PowWows in the Mid-Atlantic region will visit.

Dance presentations will include the Salinas Family Aztec Dancers and Hoop Dancer Matt Clair. And as always, ArtFusion 19464 will be offering Children events at their tent including some skill tossing activities.

To top it all off, the Circle Legacy Center will be providing Indian Fry Bread, Fry Bread Tacos and Wojapi, (a berry based Native American desert).

Teaching Proper Respect for Our Flag in Pottstown

Photo Courtesy of Pottstown Schools.

Navy veteran Billy Worrell, right, gives Lincoln Elementary students Nicholas Woodley and Matthew Berry instruction on the proper way to fold the American flag.

Blogger's Note: The following was provided by the Pottstown School District.

As the nation and president debate which actions indicate respect for the American flag and/or

veterans, at least one Pottstown area veteran was focusing purely on making sure Pottstown students are taught the proper and respectful way to handle the flag when putting it up and taking it down the flagpole at Lincoln Elementary School.

Fourth graders Nicholas Woodley and Matthew Berry, recently received some inpromtu  instruction on the proper way to fold our country's flag. 

U.S. Navy veteran Billy Worrell was picking his granddaughter up from school when he noticed the boys, who are members of the school Safety Patrol, trying to fold the flag. 

As a veteran of the Navy, member of the American Legion Honor Guard at veteran funerals and a Scout Master for 13 years, he knows a little bit about the subject.

Luckily, he was willing and able to pass on knowledge of how to properly fold our country's flag to the next generation of our country's leaders. 

"The citizenship shown by both young and old is just one more reason to say Proud to be from Pottstown," said Community Relations Director John Armato.