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Thursday May 18, 2017 - 1.30 PM

at the PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING PLAZA

300 Spruce St, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA

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The ceremony will be held at the foot of the statue of

the founder of Morgantown, Colonel Zackquill Morgan

(In the event of rain the ceremony will be held in City Council chambers)     

 

COMMUNITY

All residents and visitors to Morgantown are invited to attend and show their support and respect for the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform. These sacrifices afford us the freedom we cherish as Americans on this day, in this great land, and

that those men and women never be forgotten.

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1.30 PM: Master of Ceremonies 2nd Battalion 19th Special Forces (Airborne) welcomes

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Prayer

                                                      

Dr Randy Flanagan

 

Reading of “The City of Morgantown annual Gene Vance Jr. Day PROCLAMATION”   

 Mayor Marti Shamberger 

 

Reading of “The State of West Virginia CERTIFICATE of RECOGNITION”

 Mayor Marti Shamberger  

 

State Tributes and Greetings

                                                                          

Senator Joe Manchin II

    Deputy Mayor Bill Kawecki    

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Senator Shelly Moore Capito

Jenny Selin 

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Governor Jim Justice  

Nancy Ganz 

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Congressman David McKinley

District Director Rod Rogers

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West Virginia National Guard

 Assistant Adjutant General

Joint Task Force Commander 

Brigadier General Russell A. Crane

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West Virginia University   

Ron Justice

  

CEREMONY

Reading of “Names of the WV Fallen"

2nd Battalion 19th Special Forces (Airborne)

           

Laying of Wreath I

Special Guest Greg Carden

              

Laying of Wreath II

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR)

Woodburn Chapter - Joan R. Gibson, Regent  

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Laying of Wreath III

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR)

Elizabeth Ludington Hagans - Col. John Evans Chapter  

Susan Arnold, Regent

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Wreaths will be placed in tribute to the fallen and to mark the plans to build the

Gene Arden Vance, Jr. Memorial to the Catastrophically Injured,

which will serve as a symbol of courage, hope, honor and

the commitment to world peace.

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Honorary presentation by WV Chapter of the

United States Special Forces Association

to

Mother of Gene Arden Vance Jr., June C. Steele

 

Announcement by sculptor Jamie Lester

 

HONOR GUARDS

West Virginia Army National Guard   

Morgantown Police Dept.

Morgantown Fire Department

 

Flag Line

West Virginia Patriot Guard

 

Special Guests

U.S. Special Forces Association

Vandalia Bronze (sculptor of Col. Morgan)

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WV Department of Veterans Assistance

Calvin Trae Elswick

Veterans Service Officer

 

  2.30 PM: Official Photograph

                                                                                     

PUBLIC/MEDIA EVENT

 

Subject  to  change

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