Pratolas, Hopkins named Grand Marshall for Memorial Day Parade

Fred Patrola, pictured in the years just after World War II, is one of three local residents named as Grand Marshall of the annual Memorial Day Parade in Kennett Square. KENNETT — World War II veterans Michael B. Pratola, Jr., Fred Patrola, Sr., and Robert Hopkins, Sr. were selected as this year’s Grand Marshals for the Kennett Square Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 25. They will lead the...