Kristine Purcell-Sacco has been coming to Brentwood’s July 4 celebration since she was a kid in the early 1960s.
It reminds the Bethel Park native of her childhood, when her father, Tom Purcell, made it a family tradition to attend. It was the same for Tom, born in 1933, who had loved going to the parade because it reminded him of his younger years.
Though her father died more than two years ago, Mrs. Purcell-Sacco, continues to follow that tradition. Her four children, and now their own kids, do their best to attend the borough’s July 4 celebration every single year…