New Garden Historical Commission - Opening Ceremonies

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#990099" > <table border="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%" bgcolor="#999999"> <tr> <td><p align="center"><img src="../../lyceum/lyceum.jpg" width="200" height="114"></p> </td> <td align="center"> <h1><font color=black>New Garden Historical Commission</font></h1> <p><a href="../../index.htm" target="_top"><font color=black>Click here</font></a> <font color=black> to return to the home page and links to other articles</font></p> </td> </tr> </table> <h2 align="center">Opening Ceremonies</h2> <table border="0"> <tr> <td><font size="4"><strong><img src="barclay_hoopes.jpg" align="left" hspace="0" vspace="3" width="163" height="281"></strong></font><font size="3">Barclay Hoopes of the New Garden Historical Commission served as master of ceremonies</font><font size="2">.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font size="3"><img src="chip_smedley.jpg" align="left" hspace="0" vspace="3" width="162" height="247"></font><font size="3">Chip Smedley, chair of the New Garden Supervisors gave welcoming remarks.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="left"><font size="3"><img src="peg_jones.jpg" align="left" hspace="0" vspace="3" width="176" height="259"></font><font size="3">Peg Jones of the New Garden Historical Commission spoke of the endangered Landenberg Bridge.</font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><font size="3"><img src="mark_frye.jpg" align="left" hspace="0" vspace="3" width="168" height="265"></font><font size="3">Landenberg resident Mark Frye sings "The Impossible Dream". His grandfather was involved in saving a bridge in the midwest.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font size="3"><img src="tom_tillett.jpg" align="left" hspace="0" vspace="3" width="160" height="286"></font><font size="3">Tom Tillett spoke for U. S. Representative Joe Pitts.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font size="3"><img src="chris_ross.jpg" align="left" hspace="0" vspace="3" width="209" height="316"></font><font size="3">Pennsylvania Rep. Chris Ross.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td><p align="left"><font size="3"><img src="karen_martynick.jpg" align="left" hspace="0" vspace="3" width="156" height="277"></font><font size="3">Karen Martynick, chair of the Chester County Commissioners.</font></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"><img src="crowd.jpg" width="596" height="767"></p> <p align="center">Landenberg residents listen to the speeches.</p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> </body>