Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall Visit Schedule
Come to remember and honor those who served and sacrificed.
Dignity Memorial
Vietnam Wall
at the Northport VA Medical Center
79 Middleville Road, Northport, NY
Open 24hrs: October 28 through 30, 2011
October 28 Opening Ceremony at 6pm
Heralding the Wall by Northport Pipe and Drum Band
Keynote Speaker: Major General A. Kropp
Gold Star Mothers’ POW/MIA Remembrance
Performance by the Northport H.S. Tour Choir
(candlelight service @ 8pm)
October 29 Ceremonies
10am – Keynote Speaker: Paul Kelly, Huntington VFW, Women on the Wall by Suffolk Treasurer
Angie Carpenter, Civil Air Patrol, Sea Cadets, and Boys/Girls Scouts Color Guards
12 noon - Garden Stone Blessing: Msgr. C. Fink, “Bury Me With Soldiers” author and Vietnam Veteran Reflection by Justice John Toomey of Suffolk Vets Court
- U.S. Army flyover -
5pm – Tributes by Anita’s School of Dance and Theater Arts
and Northport H.S. Multi-Colored Tights
6pm - Speakers: Huntington Supervisor Frank Petrone,
VA Undersecretary for Memorial Affairs Steve L. Muro, Congressman Tim Bishop
Performance by the Coast Guard Auxiliary Band, Flotilla 22-7
(candlelight service @ 8pm)
October 30 Ceremonies
10am – Ecumenical Prayer Service with Northport H.S. Tour Choir
1pm – Northport Chorale Tribute
3pm – Closing Ceremony with Congressman Steve Israel, Women on the Wall
by former
Center for Women Veterans Director Joan Furey, Anita’s School of Dance and Theater Arts, and “Goodnight Saigon” performed by Big Shot’s Mike Delgiudice