Nesquehoning is again honoring its area veterans past and present.

This week, several volunteers and borough crew members hung nearly 200 Hometown Hero banners in town. This is the seventh year for the banners, which are hung before Memorial Day and remain up until after Veterans Day.

“It helps to link our past and our present together,” said Christa Acciarito of Nesquehoning VFW Post 8008 auxiliary. Acciarito has several family members who are currently honored on these banners, including her father, grandfather, cousin and husband.

“This helps to remind everyone of the importance of small community,” she said. “When we look at these banners with people’s names and faces that are long gone, to know that they are still remembered and we’re able to share what they’ve done for our community and our country, it’s extremely important.”

The group, which is comprised of members of the Nesquehoning VFW and auxiliary and Nesquehoning Historical Society, will be opening a waiting list for the 2024 banners this summer.

Families also have the opportunity to renew the banners currently hanging or let them retire.

Acciarito said that the VFW has several banners from the first year that were not renewed and have not been picked up.

She asked any family who has a retired banner at the VFW to pick it up before Memorial Day. After Memorial Day, any banners not picked up will be respectfully retired in a small service.

Nesquehoning is one of the many communities who have held the Hometown Heroes program over the years, but is one of the few remaining towns to continue to hang the banners year after year.