2019 Veterans Day Program

VETERANS DAY NOVEMBER 11, 2019

WORLD WAR I

28 JULY 1914 - 11 NOVEMBER 1918

OVER THERE

by George M. Cohan

Over there, over there,

Send the word, send the word over there -

That the Yanks are coming,

The Yanks are coming

The drums rum-tumming ev'rywhere.

So prepare, say a pray'r,

Send the word, send the word to beware.

We'll be over, we're coming over,

And we won't come back till it's over over there.

The Wallingford Veterans Memorial Committee

2019 Chairperson – Ruth Palmer

Secretary – Elise M. Gallup

Wallingford Public Celebrations Committee Roz Gallagher

Amazing Grace by John Newton (1725-1807)

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me.

I once was lost but now am found, Was blind, but now I see.

T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear. And Grace, my fears relieved.

How precious did that Grace appear, The hour I first believed.

Lyrics For Taps

Day is done, gone the sun,

From the lake, from the hills, from the sky,

All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.

The Wallingford Veterans Memorial Committee thanks the following for their donation of talents and support of Veterans Day: Wallingford Mayor William Dickinson Jr., Wallingford Public Celebrations Committee, Wallingford Police & Fire Departments.

PROGRAM

Master of Ceremonies: David Gessert

Massing of the Colors: VFW Posts 591 and 9965; American Legion Posts 73 and 187; Elks Lodge, Knights Of Columbus, Sea Cadets, Wallingford Police & Fire Departments, Boy Scouts

Introduction……………Master of Ceremonies David Gessert

Invocation……………..TBD

Pledge of Allegiance...

“National Anthem”…….

Remarks……………...Honorable Mayor William Dickinson Jr.

"America The Beautiful"-

Guest Speaker………..

Presentation Of Service Banners….George Messier & Mayor William Dickinson Jr.

Placement of Service Flags and Wreaths:

U.S. Coast Guard, Established January 1915

Song “Semper Paratus

U.S. Air Force, Established September 1947

Song “U.S. Air Force”

U.S. Navy, Established October 1775

Song ‘Anchors Away”

U.S. Marine Corps, Established November 1775

Song “The Marine Corps Hymn”

U.S. Army, Established June 1775

Song “As The Army Goes Rolling Along”

Volley……………Wallingford Police Rifle Squad

Taps…...........…Trumpeters–Lyman Hall High School Students-

Amazing Grace: David Gade-Wallingford Fire Department Piper

“God Bless America”…............

Benediction…………..

Retire The Colors and Dismissal

As we pause to bring meaning to the service rendered by our Veterans, let us remember and thank them for making it possible to live in the greatest Nation on earth –

The United States Of America!