DURING THE WEEK OF VETERANS DAY
Mobile Memorial Gardens
More than 250 full-sized U.S. Flags will be placed along the cemetery’s central roadway as a free drive & walk-through display during the week of Veterans Day. The goal is for each Flag to be sponsored as a tribute to a Military Veteran or current Service Member. Please consider honoring one or more military heroes that have served or serve
Flags of Glory Ceremony
2:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 10, 2024
FLAGS OF GLORY can be seen
at Mobile Memorial Gardens
DURING THE WEEK OF VETERANS DAY
If you or your company are interested in sponsoring a flag, please visit website for forms and more information:
Flags of Glory - Mobile Memorial Gardens Cemetery
You can designate the hero
that you would like to honor.
This year is a special celebration as we honor Patriot of the Year, and Veteran of the Year. The Luncheon follows the Veterans Day Parade and will be held at Ft. Whiting Armory, 1630 S. Broad St., from noon to 1:30 p.m.
SOUTH ALABAMA VETERANS COUNCIL FLAG RAISING:
7:00am - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Battleship Memorial Park
ENJOY THE PARADE AND THEN COME TO THE LUNCHEON
PARADE-
10;00am - Downtown Mobile
HONORS LUNCHEON-
Honor the Veterans in your Life!
November 11, 2024, at 12:00 PM.
PURCHASE TICKETS ON CHAMBER LINK
LINK COMING SOON
We hope you’re able to join us!
Bring a toy; the Marines will collect "Toys for Tots" at the luncheon.
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 Essay winners and keynote speech by DYW of America.
CONCERT-
7:00 PM at the Battleship Alabama’s Aircraft Pavilion. Mobile Symphonic Pops, the event is free.
2024 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
Parade Chairman
Mobile Bay Area Veterans Day Commission
P.O. Box 2187
Mobile, AL 36652
Forms also available on website:
Mobile Bay Area Veterans Commission (veteransday-mobilebay.com)
Files coming soon.
For more details on the event, please visit website.
Find vendor and sponsor information at this link.
Saturday, May 18, 2024
10:00 a.m.
at 9-11 Memorial
USS Alabama Battleship Park
2703 Battleship Parkway, Mobile, AL 36603
For more details on the event, please visit website.
Candlelight Ceremony to be held in honor of POW/MIA Recognition Day
September 20, 2024
MOBILE, ALABAMA, September 20, 2024 – USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park will host a POW/MIA Candlelight Ceremony on Friday evening, September 20, 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 251-605-1290 or visit the South Alabama Veterans Council website at www.savc.info
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