Past Events from September 2, 2020 – March 29, 2021 – Page 4 – Wichita Veterans Memorial Park
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Tolling of the Boats

Conducted at the SS Dorado Memorial in Wichita Veterans Memorial Park. Officiated by the United States Submarine Veterans, Inc. The name of each USN Submarine lost will be read with: Where it was lost, When it was lost, How many hands were aboard when it...

2020 Veterans Day Ceremony with playing of “Taps”

Wichita Veterans Memorial Park 339 Veterans Parkway, Wichita, KS, United States

This year's program will be in conjunction with the National Salute to Veterans which is timed to match the program at Arlington Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknowns.  This year's ceremony will start precisely at 1055 to allow for the intro to end before Taps is...

Veterans Day Family Celebration – Canceled

Wichita Veterans Memorial Park 339 Veterans Parkway, Wichita, KS, United States

Reason for the cancellation was a result of but not limited to the announcement by Sedgwick County Government that the “Face Covering and Social Distancing” order was extended to the third week in November and as such the program had to be cancelled.  

Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration

Wichita Veterans Memorial Park 339 Veterans Parkway, Wichita, KS, United States

"Taps" will be played on the bugle and a memorial wreath will be laid at the Pearl Harbor Memorial.

Wreaths Across America

Approximately a one hour ceremony occurring simultaneously with other WAA ceremonies around the country. This local ceremony will include: Full military honors (USAF color guard, "Taps" played live, etc) 7 wreaths mounted (1 for each branch of US military and for POWs-MIAs)

US Army Swearing-in Ceremony

New recruits will take their oaths of enlistment in Wichita Veterans Memorial Park.   "I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith...

Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day

In 2017 President Trump designated March 29th as National Vietnam Veterans Day. This was the last day troops were withdrawn from Vietnam. In recognition of Vietnam Veterans, a brief ceremony will be held at WVMP;s Flag Pavilion involving: Flag-lined entry sidewalk to the Park's Flag Pavilion...