Community Corner
Bel Air Memorial Day 2011 Ceremony
Shamrock Park will be the site of this year's celebration.
This year's Memorial Day ceremony is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. in Shamrock Park in downtown Bel Air.
Below is the list of events:
- Placing of Colors: American Legion Post 39 and Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 588
- National Anthem: Bel Air Community Band with audience participation
- Pledge of Allegiance: Audience participation
- Invocation: Deacon Victor Petrosino,
- Welcome and Remarks: Richard Gebhard, American Legion Post 39 past commander
- Address: Lt. Col. David Kramer, United States Marine Corps Fourth Combat Engineer Battallion
- Service Branch Hymns: Bel Air Community Band
- Youth Address: Jaret Prater and Jonathan Goemmer, Southampton Middle School
- Honor Guard: Marine Corps League, Harford County Detachment No. 1198
- Placing of Poppy Wreath: American Legion Auxillary, Unit 39
- Honor Wreaths: American Legion, Harford Post 39; American Legion, Bel Air Post 55; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Bel Air Disabled Veterans, Chapter 30; Vietnam Veterans of America, Harford County Chapter 588; Military Order of the Purple Heart; WAC Veterans Association of Maryland, Free State Chapter 70; Sons of the American Legion, Squadron 39; Marine Corps League, Harford County Detachment No. 1198; Civil Air Patrol, Harford County Squadron
- Rifle Salute: Marine Corps League and Harford County Detachment No. 1198
- Taps: Paul DeLuca
- America the Beautiful and This is My Country: Bel Air Community Band
- Benediction: Deacon Victor Petrosino,
- Retiring of Colors: American Legion, Harford Post 39 and Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 488
- Ceremony Coordinator: Richard Gebhard, American Legion Post 39 past commander
Light refreshments will be served beginning at 10:30 a.m.
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