(Owego, NY) – Veterans Day 2022 service starts at 11 a.m. Friday, in Glenn A. Warner Memorial Hall of Post 1371 Veterans of Foreign Wars. Your Hometown Station WEBO will broadcast live starting at 11 a.m. on all five frequencies
Gen. John J. Pershing sounded taps at 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918, signaling the end of fighting in World War I. VFW Honor Guard Bugler Steve Polinsky will blow Taps at 11 a.m. to open the program. Posting of the Colors, National Anthem by Bugler and Invocation by Deacon Michael Donovan.
Speaker topics include –
Twin Tiers Honor Flight Missions 13, 12 and 5 by Guardians Navy Veteran and retired 11-year President of the Southern Tier Veterans Support Group Al Eaton and wife, Monica.
NYS Route 38 Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway of Valor by one of the organizers 14 years ago Vietnam Bronze Star Recipient Danny Baker, former Ithaca Police Officer.
PACT Act Legislation Camp Lejune Water Contamination Act of 2022 and ETS Sponsorship and Dwyer Program by Tioga County Veterans Service Agency Director Michael Middaugh.
Moment of Silence remembering Owego’s oldest resident 100-year-old Nina Warner Kravec. Her brother is WWII Fallen Hero Glenn A. Warner buried in Margraten, Netherlands, with 8,500 WW2 heroes.
Erwin Flohr of the Netherlands who visits the grave will remember Elaine.
Roll Call of Deceased Tioga County Veterans since Memorial Day provided by Estey Munroe and Fahey Funeral Home.
Quilt from the Alley Quilters presented by Iraq Combat Flight Nurse Danielle Ingram to Commander George Carrigan of the VFW Honor Guard.
Poem by John McRae “In Flanders Fields” the poppies blow by Vietnam Veteran Lou Sauerbrey.
VFW Auxiliary Buddy Poppy Program by Dorolyn Perry.
Memorabilia table. Marie Ward’s WWII Scrapbook of GI Letters home.
Ryan Trenchard’s Eagle Scout project “Fallen Heroes Buried in Tioga County Cemeteries.”
