Cub Scout Pack 12 of Asbury United Methodist Church celebrate the Fourth of July.
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Monday, July 4, 2011
With their tribute to veterans on Memorial Day weekend a success, members of Cub Scout Pack 12 of Asbury United Methodist Church once again placed flags along Tilghman Street. This time, it was to celebrate the Fourth of July. Cars honked as the scouts placed the flags one by one along the curb side. Patch thanks Cheryl Lewis for the photographs of the scouts at work, in celebration of Independence Day.
Pack 12 from Asbury United Methodist Church honors veterans for Memorial Day.
Those 700 flags waving in the wind along Tilghman Street in South Whitehall pay tribute to veterans this Memorial Day weekend. "Flags on Tilghman" is the handiwork of Cub Scout Pack 12, based at Asbury United Methodist Church in South Whitehall. Laura Lyle, committee chair for Pack 12, said about 30 cub scouts and their siblings were involved in placing the flags Thursday night along a stretch of Tilghman Street, from Route 309 to the Wegman's area. The flags will stay in place through Monday night, possibly Tuesday morning. "The level of enthusiasm...was tremendous," sad Lyle, adding that "Flags on Tilghman" may become an annual fund-raising event for Pack 12. Cub scouts approached the businesses in that section of Tilghman Street, with …
