The City will pay homage to local veterans in a poignant ceremony on Friday, November 11. The annual Veterans Day ceremony, which usually takes place at the Mission Viejo Veterans Memorial next to the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center, will take place inside the facility.
The event starts at 2 p.m. at 24932 Veterans Way.
Mayor Dave Leckness will welcome community members and Rev. Canon Ellis E. Brust, lead pastor of 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.
Benny and the Brass along with the Southern California Children’s Advanced Chorus will perform.
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, 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. The center will be open until 4 p.m. that day for the ceremony and then will reopen at 8 a.m. on Saturday, November 12.
For more information, call 949-470-3061.
