Vietnam Veteran Remembrance Ceremony

Wednesday, April 30
12 p.m. | March 
2 p.m. | Ceremony at Hall County Courthouse

Businesses and the community are invited to a special Remembrance Ceremony outside the Hall County Courthouse on April 30 at 2 p.m.

This tribute will include:
Hall County Commissioner Gary Quandt will take to the courthouse balcony at noon on April 28 and remain there until the end of the ceremony on April 30 as a tribute and fundraiser for the Hall County Warriors Memorial, honoring service members from 1975 to the present.

11 a.m. – Church bells across Grand Island will ring in unison to honor the fallen and our surviving veterans.
12 p.m. – Seven Nebraska Army National Guard soldiers will carry flags from Veterans Club Park to the courthouse in memory of the seven local Vietnam who made the ultimate sacrifice.

2 p.m. Ceremony Highlights:

• Remarks from Grand Island Mayor Roger Steele

• Dan Naranjo, Hall County Hero Flight Board

• John Larson, Hall County Warriors Committee

• Vietnam Veteran Jim Seims

• National Anthem and God Bless America sung by Commissioner Pam Lancaster

• Taps and a 21-gun salute by the Hall County Veterans Honor Guard

Let us gather in remembrance, in honor, and in gratitude.