NEWS RELEASE: At 8:00 am on December 7th, 2024, the Wichita Veterans Memorial Park Board will host a Pearl Harbor Day commemoration at Veterans Memorial Park. The location of this short ceremony will in front of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Memorial. The commemoration will include...
At 12:00 noon on Saturday, March 29th, Wichita’s Veterans Memorial Park will hold a ceremony to commemorate Vietnam Veterans Day. It will be held at the Park’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The event will include the National Anthem, remarks by guest speaker (and Vietnam Veteran) Bryson...
A plaque honoring the twelve East High School students who fought and died during the Vietnam War will be dedicated on Saturday, March 29, 2:00 at East High School, 2301 E. Douglas. The event will include the National Anthem, Flag salute, address by Mayor Wu,...
On May 8th, 2025 at 12:00 noon, the Veterans Memorial Park Board will commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day. The location will be at the Park's WWII (Kilroy) Memorial. On this date in 1945, World War II was effectively ended in...
At 11:00 am on Memorial Day, May 26th 2025, the Veterans Memorial Park Board will commemorate this occasion at the Flag Pavilion of Wichita's Veterans Memorial Park. The event will commence with the presentation of the Colors by the McConnell AFB Honor Guard, followed by...
On June 6th, 2025 at 9:00 am there will be a brief ceremony at Wichita's Veterans Memorial Park at the WWII Memorial to commemorate the 81st anniversary of D-Day. This was the Allied invasion of France and Western Europe to take back the countries occupied...
At 9:00 am on July 4th, 2025 the Veterans Memorial Park Board will host a commemoration of Independence Day at the American Revolution Memorial in Wichita's Veterans Memorial Park. The McConnell AFB Honor Guard will present the colors to begin the ceremony, followed by the...
On Sunday, July 27th at 1:00 pm there will be a brief ceremony at Wichita's Veterans Memorial Park at the Kansas Korean War Veterans Memorial to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the Korean War Armistice and to honor those who served in that conflict. The...
On August 7th, 2025 at 11:00 am, Veterans Memorial Park will host an event to honor and commemorate recipients of the Purple Heart Medal. The ceremony will be held at the Park's Purple Heart Memorial. The Purple Heart Medal is awarded to members of the...
At 10:00 am on September 2nd, 2025, the Veterans Memorial Park Board of Wichita will hold a commemoration of the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan (VJ Day), at the Park's World War II Memorial. Since Victory in Europe (VE Day) had already occurred earlier (in May...