Wreath Laying Ceremony to Honor POW/MIA Recognition Day
The United States Navy Memorial will host a POW/MIA Recognition Day Wreath Laying Ceremony to honor the nation's prisoners of war and those who are still missing in action.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The United States Navy Memorial will host a POW/MIA Recognition Day Wreath Laying Ceremony on Friday, September 21st at 2:00pm. This annual ceremony, hosted jointly with Naval District Washington (NDW), honors the nation's prisoners of war and those who are still missing in action.
Ann Mills-Griffiths is the distinguished keynote speaker for this event. She serves as Chairman of the bi-annually elected Board of Directors of the National League of POW/MIA Families and retains CEO responsibilities. Having stepped aside from administering the League's national office in 2011, her primary focus is on policy, operations, and sustaining the League's financial capabilities.
Other members of the ceremony's official party will include Rear Admiral Frank Thorp IV, USN (Ret.), President and CEO of the Navy Memorial, Capt. Roy Undersander, Acting Commandant of NDW, and U.S. Navy Chaplain (Lt.) Eduardo Amora.
Capt. Roy Undersander of NDW will place a wreath by the Lone Sailor statue in honor of all Americans who are formers prisoners of war, service members and civilians still unaccounted for, and their families. Ceremonial music will be played by the U.S. Navy Band, including the performance of "Taps."
In the case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be moved into the Burke Theater, located in the Navy Memorial's' adjacent Visitor Center. Attendees are encouraged to explore the Navy Memorial's newest exhibits, The American Sailor: Agile, Capable, and Talented and Zumwalt: The Current that Brought the Navy to the Shores of the 20th Century, before or after the event.
Memorial Plaza is a popular venue for Navy events, including reenlistment, retirement, promotion, and commemorative wreath laying ceremonies. Located directly across from the National Archives, the plaza is made up of a large granite map of the world and is surrounded by 26 bronze reliefs that pay tribute to various components of the U.S. Navy. It is also home to the original Lone Sailor statue, an iconic symbol that represents the men and women who have served, are serving, or will serve in the U.S. Navy.
To learn more about POW/MIA Recognition Day at the Navy Memorial, contact Robert Parker at [email protected] or 202-380-0723.
About the United States Navy Memorial
The Navy Memorial, located at 701 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, consists of a large plaza with a granite map of the world, the iconic Lone Sailor statue, 3,500 square-foot museum area, a 240-person theater, the Ship's Store which sells Navy memorabilia and the Navy Log, the nation's largest publicly available data base of Sea Service veterans. Our mission is to Honor, Recognize, and Celebrate the men and women of the Sea Services, past, present and future; and to Inform the public about their service. We do that mission with the support of tens of thousands of members and Corporate Partners, including Huntington Ingalls Industries, USAA, Veritas, CACI, Lockheed Martin, U.S. Money Reserve, California Water Service Group, General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc., Amphibious Warship Industrial Base Coalition, BAE Systems, Capital Bank, Ernst & Young, General Dynamics, L3 Technologies, Navy Mutual, NewDay USA, and Pratt & Whitney. To learn more, visit navymemorial.org
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