VETERANS DAY 2012 ANNUAL OBSERVANCE
LET NO VETERAN BE FORGOTTEN! CLARK VETERANS CEMETERY
VFW POST 2485, ANGELES CITY
Welcome to Clark Veterans Cemetery
The 8,600 Veterans and family members interred here date their service back to the Spanish American War. They include Veterans of all major, and many minor, conflicts over more than a century. They represent the highest level of service to our nation and include one combat casualty from our most recent conflict, Operation Iraqi Freedom. They reflect the values and devotion to duty of our military, and served with Honor. May they Rest In Peace.
Veterans Day On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War, then known as "the Great War." Commemorated as Armistice Day beginning the following year, November 11th became a legal federal holiday in the United States in 1938. In the aftermath of World War II and the Korean War, Armistice Day became Veterans Day in 1954, a holiday dedicated to American veterans of all wars.
Veterans Day 2012
Sunday, 11 November
•Welcome
VFW Post Commander
•Invocation
VFW Post Chaplain Lafayette Donaldson
•Playing of National Anthems
636th Base Services Squadron Band Philippine Air Force
•Introduction of Distinguished Guests
VFW Post Senior Vice Commander
•Recognition of Participating Organizations
VFW Post Senior Vice Commander
•Introduction of Guest Speaker
VFW Post Commander
•Veterans Day Message
Brigadier General Eldon Luiz G. Nemenzo Commander 600th Air Base Wing, PAF
•Introduction of Guest Speaker
VFW Post Commander
•Veterans Day Message
Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Garcia Army Attache, U.S. Embassy, Manila
•Two Bell Ceremony
Fleet Reserve Association, Branch 367 San Antonio, Zambales
•Wreath Laying
Veterans Organization Representatives
•Three-Volley Salute
620th Security Police Group Honor Guard Philippine Air Force
•Playing of Taps
VFW Post Bugler
•Philippine Scouts Monument
VFW Post Commander
•Philippine Scouts Shared History
Major, USA (Retired) Scott Slaten Clark Veterans Cemetery Historian
•CVCRA Remarks
Captain, USN (Retired) Dennis Wright Chairman, Clark Veterans Cemetery Restoration Association
•Benediction
VFW Post Chaplain Lafayette Donaldson
•Closing
VFW Post Commander
•Departure
Amazing Grace
Thank you for your attendance.
Supporting the Clark Veterans Cemetery Our appreciation to these individuals, organizations, and businesses that assist us in operating and maintaining the Clark Veterans Cemetery. VFW Post 2485