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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Carolyn Marinan, Communications, 612-348-5969
The community will join in recognizing Veterans Day and the 100th anniversary of World War I armistice on Sunday, November 11, along Victory Memorial Drive.
The armistice ended fighting on land, sea and air between U.S. allies and their last opponent, Germany.
Event details
- Sunday, November 11, 10 a.m.
- Flagpole plaza at 45th Avenue North and Victory Memorial Drive
Featured program
- Prominent speakers on the war’s local history
- Musician Robert Robinson
- 21-gun salute
- Moment of silence at 11 a.m.
The flagpole will cast a shadow on the plaza around 11 a.m., weather permitting.
See the bottom of this news release for the full event schedule.
Hennepin County is sponsoring this event in collaboration with the City of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, and City of Robbinsdale.
More about Victory Memorial Drive
Trees and monuments along Victory Memorial Drive honor the 568 Hennepin County service men and women who died in World War I. Dedicated to fallen soldiers in 1921 and rededicated in 2011, the drive is located in the northwest area of Minneapolis and the eastern border of Robbinsdale.
Learn more about the memorial’s history at hennepin.us/victorymemorialdrive.
Full event schedule
Master of Ceremonies
Linda Higgins, Hennepin County Board
Prelude “Battle Hymn of the Republic”
Robert Robinson
Posting of the Colors
General Colin L. Powell Leadership Academy JROTC Color Guard
Invocation
The Reverend Linda Koelman
Welcome
George Selman, Robbinsdale City Council
Pledge of Allegiance
Audience
Speaker
Linda Higgins, Hennepin County Board
“Bring Him Home”
Robert Robinson
Speakers
Mike Opat, Hennepin County Board
Phillipe Cunningham, Minneapolis City Council
Kale Severson, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Rob Pengelly, Consulate General of Canada
“If You’re Reading This” (Tim McGraw)
Robert Robinson
“In Flanders Fields” (John McCrae)
Patrick R. Burns
World War I and Victory Memorial history
Steve Chicoine
The African American Experience
Tina Burnside
“God Bless America”
Robert Robinson
Benediction
The Reverend Linda Koelman
21-gun salute
Charles Knaeble VFW Post #494 Rifle Squad
“Taps”
Tom Case, trumpeter
Retiring of the Colors
Charles Knaeble VFW Post #494 Rifle Squad
General Colin L. Powell Leadership Academy JROTC Color Guard
“The Last Post Bugle Call”
Tom Case, trumpeter
11 a.m.
Shadow of flagpole at marker and two-minute moment of silence
“The Rouse Bugle Call”
Tom Case, trumpeter
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