For Immediate Release
May 26, 2011		 Contact: Lisa Gough
(202) 330-4950
 

Media Advisory
ASST. NAVY SECRETARY TO ADDRESS THOUSANDS AT THE
VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FOR THE ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY
Monday, May 30 at 1:00 p.m.
 

What:      

         

Thousands of veterans, families and friends from around the country will come to Washington, D.C. for the annual Memorial Day Observance at The Wall, co-hosted by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and the National Park Service.

Who:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Featured speakers will be:

• Juan M. Garcia III, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve
   Affairs), will be the keynote speaker.
• Ram Chavez of Corpus Christi, Texas, retired educator and Vietnam veteran.
• Barbara Lilly, Denver VA Medical Center.
• Diane Carlson Evans, founder and president, Vietnam Women’s Memorial
  Foundation.
• Carolyn Richards, Chief of Interpretation and Education, National Mall and
  Memorial Parks, National Park Service.
• Jan C. Scruggs, founder and president of the Memorial Fund, will be the
  master of ceremonies.
• The pledge of allegiance will be led by Judy Woodall, widow of Sgt. Henry L.
  Aderholt, USA, whose name was added to The Wall this year.
• Capt. Mark Worrell, U.S. Army chaplain, will provide the invocation.

The names of five serviceman recently added to The Wall will be read by their family members during the Memorial Day ceremony:

• Sgt. Henry L. Aderholt, USA, Birmingham, Ala.,  Panel 12W, Row 83
• ETR2 Richard Lewis Daniels, USN, Washougal, Wash., Panel 4W, Row 108
• BT3 Peter Otto Holcomb, USN, Grandy, Minn., Panel 15E, Row 60
• SPC Charles J. Sabatier, USA, Galveston, Texas, Panel 40E, Line 72
• SPC Charles Robert Vest, USA, Lynchburg, Ohio,  Panel 24E, Line 30

Singer-songwriter Tenley Westbrook will perform the national anthem during the ceremony. Bagpiper Chris Jackson will play “Amazing Grace.”
   
When: Monday, May 30, at 1:00 p.m.
   

Where:

 

 Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Constitution Ave. and 21st St. NW, Washington, D.C.

Webcast:

 

 

The Memorial Day Observance will be webcast live on www.USVets.tv and archived on www.vvmf.org. It will be available to media outlets from 11:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. via satellite at:
 
  Satellite: Galaxy 16 @ 99 degrees WL
  Transponder: 20K / Slot 4
  D/L Frequency: 12103.000 MHz Vertical
  FEC: 3/4
  Symbol Rate: 3.978723 MS (OK to use 3.9787 or 3.979 MS)
  Data Rate: 5.50 MB
  Bandwidth: 6.0 MHz
   
Sponsor: TV Worldwide and its Internet channel, USVets.tv.

Established in 1979, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., promoting healing and educating about the impact of the Vietnam War. Authorized by Congress, its most recent initiative is building the Education Center at The Wall, an underground facility near the Memorial that is designed to add faces to all the names on The Wall and tell their stories. Other Memorial Fund initiatives include educational programs for students and teachers, a traveling Wall replica that honors our nation's veterans and six events held each year at The Wall to honor and remember those we lost during the Vietnam War.

 

 

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