80th anniversary of the D-Day landings

From: Ken Bloss

On June 6th, 2024, my Grandson, Jed Sivley, who is currently enlisted in the Army, was fortunate to be sent to France to work at the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. 

Jed chaperoned the returning Veterans and Celebrities. Approximately 10,000 people attended the ceremony at Normandy American Cemetery. While there, he met Rosie the Riveter and got to know General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Granddaughter. 

This was a military event my grandson will never forget!

Saucon Valley Defenders Update- March 10, 2025

The brief article on the Air Post Inspection, published in the August 1942

issue of Home News by the Saucon Valley Defenders Association has achieved precisely what we hoped for: it has sparked further investigation into the lives of Saucon Valley residents during WWII. The following articles include “Typical Observation Post Room, " “Plane Spotters at Home Front,” “Air Raid Instructions for Hellertown,” and “Women on the  Hellertown Homefront—WWII.” All articles were taken from Lee Weidner’s “Saucon Secrets: Hellertown and Lower Saucon History Revealed, Volume I “ and in the “Defenders of Freedom“ post by Robert R. Hoppes.

Please enjoy the articles. We are confident you will remember many of the Hometown Heroes mentioned.

If this prompts further information on these subjects, please share any comments, articles, or photos in the comments section of this blog article. If you are wondering where the Civil Defense Observatory was located, just visit the Hellertown Area Library and imagine the site near the corner of Constitution Avenue and Juniper Road. It was somewhere in that

vicinity.

Enjoy the History!

Ken Bloss and Dan Ruth

     The video clip below informs how citizens were supposed to behave during an Air Raid!

        Make sure to enlarge the video to FULL SCREEN using the viewer tool in lower right!

This clip (above) highlights the lower right section of the page below.