September 15, 2022 - September 18, 2022
2022-09-15T00:00:00
1801 W. Central Ave.
El Dorado, KS 67042
American Veterans Traveling Tribute Wall
Thursday, September 15, 2022
The American Veterans Traveling Tribute Cost of Freedom Exhibits will be in El Dorado at the American Legion Post 81 from Sept. 15 through 18. The exhibits include: Traveling Vietnam Wall, Afghanistan and Iraq Warrior Tribute, 9-11 Tribute, 1945-1975; 1979-1989; and 1990-2020. The public is invited to come out and view the exhibits while they are in El Dorado.
The American Veterans Traveling Tribute Cost of Freedom Exhibits will be in El Dorado at the American Legion Post 81 from Sept. 15 through 18. The exhibits include: Traveling Vietnam Wall, Afghanistan and Iraq Warrior Tribute, 9-11 Tribute, 1945-1975 Tribute; 1979-1989 Tribute; and 1990-2020 Tribute. The public is invited to come out and view the exhibits while they are in El Dorado.
Thursday, Sept. 15
Noon - Exhibit opens for public
6 p.m. - Soft opening and tour for sponsors
Taps
Retire Colors
Friday, Sept. 16
7:45 a.m. - Post Colors
8 a.m. - Exhibit opens
6 p.m. - Opening ceremony: invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, National Anthem, laying of wreaths, address by Mayor Bill Young, keynote speaker Danny Morrow, benediction, retire Colors
Saturday, Sept. 17
7:45 a.m. - Post Colors
8 a.m. - Exhibit opens
7 p.m. - Evening ceremony: invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, Speakers Jim Denison and Dave Brooks, candlelight ceremony, bap piper, retire Colors, rifle volley and echo taps
Sunday, Sept. 18
7:45 a.m. - Post Colors
8 a.m. - Exhibit opens
10 a.m. - Church service
10:30 a.m. - Walk to the Wall event: Wall touching ceremony, closing remarks by Steve Seymour, retire Colors, Taps
Following Taps, exhibit tear down begins.