A perfect Palmyra-Riverton AA opening day plus groundbreaking for the new grandstand 4/13/2013

Kids and parents arrive at Riverton Memorial Park for the annual parade marking the opening day of the season for Palmyra Riverton AA.
Kids and parents arrive at Riverton Memorial Park for the annual parade marking the opening day of the season for Palmyra Riverton AA.

Today was a great day for the groundbreaking of the new Riverton Memorial Park Grandstand. It was also the opening day of the season for the Palmyra-Riverton Athletic Association.

The parade starts at Riverton Park and ends with a celebration at Legion Field.
The parade starts at Riverton Park and ends with a celebration at Legion Field.

Scores of parents and kids started to gather here around 8:30 a.m. for the annual parade that starts at Riverton Park and ends with a celebration at Legion Field in Palmyra. It’s a day of fun, food, raffles, games and of course baseball and softball.

Project Engineer Harry Fox (right), Mayor Bill Brown (left), Freeholder Joseph Donnelly (middle), and Borough Council Member Joseph Creighton (blue shirt) are a step closer to realizing a new grandstand for the use of  these kids as well as future generations.
Project Engineer Harry Fox (right), Mayor Bill Brown (left), Freeholder Joseph Donnelly (middle), and Borough Council Member Joseph Creighton (blue shirt) are a step closer to realizing a new grandstand for the use of these kids as well as future generations.

At right, engineer Harry Fox gets the grandstand project started by putting to work Mayor Bill Brown, Freeholder Joseph Donnelly, and Borough Council member Joseph Creighton.

Grandstand Groundbreaking 8:47 a.m., Saturday, 4-13-2013
Grandstand Groundbreaking 8:47 a.m., Saturday, 4-13-2013

A reporter and several parents took advantage of the photo op and snapped the scene with cell phones and digital cameras.

Within hours, or maybe minutes for some, they will get Facebooked and Flickered, Snapfished and Instagrammed; they’ll get downloaded, uploaded, and attached to emails addressed to far-flung friends and family.

Grandstand Groundbreaking Crew
Grandstand Groundbreaking Crew

The men pitched in and turned over the symbolic first shovelfuls of soil.

Then they promptly delegated authority to some able-bodied athletes who happened to be on hand.

The youngsters may well remember years from now that they were here for the groundbreaking of the new Riverton Memorial Park Grandstand, and they witnessed Riverton history being made.

If you think of it, hook us up with some of those Pal-RivAA parade and game pics. They will be historic, too–someday. – John McCormick, Gaslight News editor

 

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John McCormick

Teacher at Riverton School 1974-2019, author, amateur historian, Historical Society of Riverton Board Member 2007-2023, newsletter editor 2007-2023, website editor 2011-2023

One thought on “A perfect Palmyra-Riverton AA opening day plus groundbreaking for the new grandstand 4/13/2013”

  1. So much time spent in and around that old grandstand…I’m sad it had to go. From what I’ve read, though, the new grandstand will be a wonderful improvement. Thanks to all who have planned it.

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