BLUE STAR SALUTE / ARMED FORCES DAY 2023 - saturday may 20

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Candlelight Ceremony to be held in honor of POW/MIA Recognition Day

September 15, 2023

MOBILE, ALABAMA, September 15, 2023 – USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park will host a POW/MIA Candlelight Ceremony on Friday evening, September 15, in honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day. The ceremony will be held at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the grounds of the park at 6:30 p.m. and will be conducted by the South Alabama Veterans Council.
The evening will include a POW/MIA Table Ceremony followed by the lighting of individual candles. The ceremony will honor those service men and women who were held captive and returned and those service men and women who still remain missing in action. Information on the POW/MIAs from the State of Alabama will be given to all attendees, along with information on National POW/MIA Recognition Day.
“Our Alabama POW/MIAs are important to us and we all need to recognize them and their contribution to our freedom,” explained Lou Lartigue, president of the South Alabama Veterans Council. “We intend to recognize them on September 15. We invite everyone to join us for this event.”
The POW/MIA Candlelight Ceremony is free of charge and the public is invited to attend. USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park is located at 2703 Battleship Parkway. For more information, please call 433-2703 or visit the South Alabama Veterans Council website at www.savc.info

2023 VETERANS DAY PARADE - MOBILE, AL

Parade participants: 

Download forms, fill them out, and email them 

to Fran or Pete at VetsDayCommission@gmail.com

OR 

send them to 

Veterans Day Commission

P O Box 2187 Mobile, AL  36652

Deadline: Oct 14, 2023

ENJOY THE PARADE AND THEN COME TO THE LUNCHEON

 PARADE-

10;00am - The parade will start at the Mobile Civic Center and travel along Canal St., Broad St. and return to the Center by way of Government St., according to a news release from the Mobile Area Veterans Day Commission.  

LUNCHEON-

Honor the Veterans in your Life! 

November 11, 2023, at 12:00 PM.

We hope you’re able to join us!  

Bring a toy, the Marines will be collecting "Toys for Tots" at the luncheon.

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The Parade of Flags – Battleship Memorial Park

3:00 pm - 4th grade students from Mobile and Baldwin County schools will present the Parade of Flags. Music, celebration, essay contest- Best winners and keynote speech by DYW of America. 

CONCERT-

7:00PM at the Battleship Alabama’s Aircraft Pavilion.   Mobile Symphonic Pops, the event is free.