Sara Gutshall, a longtime member of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 809 in Maytown, believes in remembering and honoring the area's veterans. To raise funds for veterans, she is organizing an Antique, Art, Craft and Collectible Show on Monday, May 29. The event will take place in and around Maytown Square from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. At 2 p.m. that day, Gutshall will hold a Memorial Day ceremony in the Square.

"At the show, we will have lots of antiques, a variety of jewelry and specialty items, like homemade soaps and essential oils," Gutshall noted. Plenty of food will be available as well, including breakfast and lunch items. "There will be breakfast sandwiches, hamburgers and cheeseburgers and chicken fingers and french fries," Gutshall said. "I have a new vendor this year who is selling Colombian fudge, and that is really delicious. We will also have a variety of drinks available. The Boy Scouts will sell sausage sandwiches. I have a vendor selling egg rolls, and funnel cakes will be for sale as well."

Proceeds from the show will benefit programs supported by the American Legion. "We support the Lebanon, Coatesville and Southeastern VA hospitals," Gutshall remarked.

At 2 p.m., there will be a brick-laying dedication ceremony in the square, featuring bricks for the nine men from Maytown who were killed in World War II. State Rep. Tom Jones will oversee the ceremony. Pastor Jeff Burkholder will give an invocation and benediction. In addition to bricks to honor the veterans, a brick will be placed to honor K-9 Sarge, who works with Pennsylvania State Constable Paul Castline.

Gutshall encourages people to come out to the craft show and to stick around for the Memorial Day ceremony in the square. Members of Boy Scout Troop 53 recently helped plant flowers throughout the square, and Gutshall noted that solar lanterns will be installed soon in the space.

"I would like to invite any first responders to come for the ceremony," Gutshall said. "And it's open to anybody in the public who is interested. Come out and help us honor and remember our veterans. It is so important that we honor them, because without their service, we wouldn't have the freedom that we have today."