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The schedule:

Wyuka Cemetery

& Funeral Home

8:30 – wreath-casting ceremony to honor the Sailors Dead; parade begins at Historic Stables and Bridge; procession to the G.A.R. Circle; Color Guard; L.M.D.O.A. organizations

9 a.m. – music; greetings & introductions by Brenden Moore, LMDOA co-chair; welcome by Faye Osborn, Wyuka trustee; invocation by Pastor Tom Barber of People’s City Mission; Pledge of Allegiance, John W. Brown, U.S. Navy WWII; National Anthem – Anita Lovell; acknowledgement of veterans – Ed Hoffman, LMDOA representative; guest speaker 1 – Merle Rudebusch, SUVCW; General John A. Logan’s General Order #11 – Mark Nichols, Commander, Shiloh Camp, SUVCW; Decorating of the G.A.R. Circle – Girl Scout Troop Nos. 20040, 20046, 20101 and 20468; guest speaker 2 – Brig. General Richard Dahlman; recognition of memorials and laying of the wreaths, reading & ringing of the bell – Lincoln Fire & Rescue; explanation of releasing of the Doves, Firing Squad; Taps; benediction by Dr. Gary Fuller, senior chaplain, Lincoln Chaplaincy Corps; release of memorial balloons – Boy Scout Troop #456; dismissal – Brenden Moore.

Lincoln Memorial

Park & Funeral Home

11:15 a.m. – organize at north parking lot and proceed to the circle inside Gate #2; American Legion Riders; Color Guard;

11:30 a.m. – introductions by Ed Hoffman, LMDOA co-chair; welcome – Lisa Kelly, Lincoln Memorial Park & Funeral Home; invocation – Dr. Gary Fuller, senior chaplain, Lincoln Chaplaincy Corps; Pledge of Allegiance – John W. Brown, U.S. Navy WWII; National Anthem – Anita Lovell; acknowledgement of veterans – Ed Hoffman, LMDOA co-chair; honoring the War of 1812 NE veterans, by Merle Rudebusch, Society of the War of 1812; placing of the wreath – Ron Lechner, LMDOA representative; reading & ringing of the bell – Lincoln Fire & Rescue; guest speaker 1 – Merle Rudebusch, SUVCW; General John A. Logan’s General Order #11 – Mark Nichols, commander, Shiloh Camp, SUVCW; guest speaker 2 – Brigadier General Richard Dahlman; presentation of the Steven D. Gilbaugh Award – Gailen Young; Firing Squad – VFW – American Legion – SVR/SUVCW; reading and folding of the flag – Ron Lechner (reader), American Legion Riders Post 3; Taps; American Legion Post 3 – VFW Posts 3606 & 131; benediction – Pastor Tom Barber, People’s City Mission; dismissal – Ed Hoffman, LMDOA co-chair.

Veterans Memorial

Garden, Antelope Park

7:30 p.m. – bagpipes, Edwin Mukusha; 8 p.m. – ringing of the Liberty Bell, Lincoln Parks & Recreation; Color Guard – UNL AFROTC; greetings & introductions – Ron Lechner, chair, VMGAC; Pledge of Allegiance – John W. Brown, U.S. Navy WWII; National Anthem – Anima Christi Singers (music by John Stafford Smith); invocation – Rich Kelly, Lincoln Fire & Police Chaplain; acknowledgement of veterans – Brenden Moore, LMDOA co-chair; candlelight service – VVA Chapter 727; reading of names – Diane Bartels, Ron Lechner, Rebecca Bowman, Hoot Gibson, Kathy Drucker, Brendan Moore, Dorothy Anderson; “Amazing Grace,� by Edwin Mukusha, bagpipes; “America the Beautiful,� by Anima Christi Singers; Taps – American Legion Post 3 – VFW Posts 3606 & 131.