The City will pay homage to local veterans in a poignant ceremony on Friday, November 11. The annual Veterans Day ceremony begins at 2:00 p.m. at the Mission Viejo Veterans Memorial, located next to the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center at 24932 Veterans Way.
Mayor Dave Leckness will welcome community members and Rev. Canon Ellis E. Brust, Lead Pastor from the Epiphany Church, will give the invocation. The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Headquarters Battalion First Marine Division will provide the Color Guard and Colonel Rudy Janizcek, commanding officer from Mission Viejo’s adopted Headquarters Battalion First Marine Division, will serve as the event’s keynote speaker.
Musical entertainment will be provided by Benny and the Brass plus Southern California Children’s Advanced Chorus.
The City’s Marine Adoption Committee and the Teens for Marines will tout the upcoming “Tee it Up Fore Marines” Golf Tournament planned for March 23, 2012, and T-shirts and hats will be available for purchase/donation.
Refreshments, compliments of Fairhaven Memorial Services, will be served in the Sycamore Room of the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center immediately following the ceremony.
For more information, call (949) 470-3061.
My wife and I would like to invite 2 Marines or other service members for dinner on Thanksgiving. Who would we contact to make arrangements for that?