SAXONBURG - A Knoch High School graduate with an office in the White House will return to the borough for Memorial Day ceremonies.

Following the parade at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Maj. Gen. Robert Smolen, director of strategic policy and arms control and senior military representative on the National Security Council, will speak.

Smolen spent most of his childhood in Penn Township and graduated from Knoch in 1970. He entered the Air Force in 1974 after graduating from the ROTC program at Allegheny College.

He served in the offices of Secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of Air Force.

Currently, he develops, coordinates and implements national security policies to support the president and the National Security Council.

Edward Miller, who coordinated Smolen's appearance, said Smolen plans to speak about his childhood and the dwindling number of veterans.