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Program for Ceremony:
2022-Veterans-Day-Program-rev2022-11-07-v2Pre-Event Announcements:
Announcement from October 8 Oakmont Newspaper:
Our Veterans Day Celebration this year begins with a parade at 9:30 a.m. It will be led by wives of two veterans. One who initiated the parade, Mel Ruiz, and another whose husband started the Oakmont Vets Club, David Vogl. Our two especially honored widows will be followed by Oakmont special veterans from WW2, Korea, and the Cold War, all riding in military vehicles. Then, antique, and collectible vehicles, along with a bevy of decorated golf carts will travel the parade route. Bringing up the rear, as in many parades, will be at least two special entrants. Come watch, show your colors, and cheer on our special participants, guests, and vets.
As the parade reaches its conclusion back at the Berger Center, be prepared to be a part of a very special program. Live band music featuring a variety of scores from Glen Miller, Swing, and John Phillip Sousa, will add to the festivities to our celebration. Then, we have been extremely fortunate to secure a very special patriotic presentation.
Larry Seaton, a former Tomb Guard Sentinel, will be the featured speaker at our veterans’ day ceremonies at the Berger Center on November 11th. Mr. Seaton is one of more than 600 living Sentinels awarded the Tomb Guard Identification Badge (TGIB) after serving more than nine months as a Sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown, one of the main qualifiers for the badge. With Tomb Badge number 106, he walked the tomb from December 1970 to November 1971.
“Here rests in Honored Glory an American Soldier Known but to God” is inscribed on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. The Tomb contains the remains of unknown American soldiers from World Wars I and II and the Korean Conflict. The Tomb is the centerpiece of the cemetery, which covers almost 600 acres. It was first dedicated following the Civil War and contains the remains of more than 300,000 American service personnel who perished primarily during military actions.
The Tomb was dedicated in 1921 and provided a final resting place for one of America’s WWI unidentified service members. Unknowns from later wars were added in 1958 and 1984. An unidentified Vietnam war veteran was added in 1984 but was disinterred in 1998 after subsequent identification. The Tomb is guarded 24-hours-per-day and 365-days-per-year by specially trained members of the 3rd United States Infantry (The Old Guard) since 1937.
As we pause to honor all our nations veterans. We remember that the defense of this great nations freedoms is a calling that mandates perseverance and sacrifice like no other. It is only fitting we take this day to honor our men and women in uniform, both past and present. Please join us as we do.
Please Note: Although the Google Map below states 9-minutes to complete the route, the parade will be traveling much slower than standard traffic, and we estimate the parade route will take about 45-minutes to complete.
Article from September 24 Oakmont Newspaper:
Vet Parade Returns – Oakmont Village
