Posted on 09/30/2019 10:00:02 AM PDT by Vigilanteman
Pride, patriotism and service are literally at the heart of Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania .
A towering obelisk, topped with a statue of a World War I doughboy, looms over the traffic diamond at the heart of Main Street. Off to the right, a fountain bubbles in the midst of a spotless park featuring a Victorian-style gazebo and a gleaming black granite wall, bearing the names of about 2,000 borough residents who have served in the U.S. military. Another 103 names were just added as applications flowed in from local families looking to honor those who have served.
The spirit that binds the small town at the foot of the Laurel Highlands was evident over the weekend at the Mt. Pleasant Glass & Ethic Festival. The fall festival that features entertainers on three stages and dozens of food and craft vendors draws about 40,000 people through the town at the foot of the Laurel Highlands for three days every September.
For decades, residents of the close-knit community elected Democrats. They’ve elected Democrat Jerry Lucia, 74, to the mayor’s office nine times.
But in 2016, Mt. Pleasant voters gave Donald Trump a 24-point victory. In the surrounding townships, Trump prevailed by a better than 2-to-1 margin.
The evolution had been underway for some time. Democratic registration numbers shrank and state offices, previously held by Democrats, slowly moved into the Republican column in recent years.
(Excerpt) Read more at triblive.com ...
After nearly a century of unions telling them that Democrats are “fo da Workin’ Man” they are finally figuring out that is bovine feces.
I sit safe to say — as Mt. Pleasant goes, so goes PA?
My hometown
As the suburbs of Philadelphia goes, so goes PA...”
“I sit safe to say — as Mt. Pleasant goes, so goes PA?”
If it was by the same margin, we wouldn’t still have an imbecile as senior U.S. Senator.
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