Ding-ding. Ding-ding. Ding-ding. Ding-ding. On a cold, windy and cloudy morning, the Milan Memorial Bell in WVMP rang out four bells (10 am local time). At that same exact moment in National Cathedral in Washington, DC, the funeral service for the late Senator Robert J. "Bob"...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]On a cold and windy morning, the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on the US military at Pearl Harbor and other facilities on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, a few dozen people gathered in WVMP. They gathered...
Under a beautiful sunny fall sky, WVMP conducted its annual Veterans Day ceremony honoring all who served in the US military. At 11:11 am local time, former US Army captain and incoming WVMP Board Chairman John Offerman rang the Park ceremonial bell to begin the commemoration. The...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the Navy, a submarine is referred to as a boat. Every year the Tolling of the Boats Ceremony commemorates those officers and sailors who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country while serving aboard U.S. Navy submarines. The...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]"USS Porterfield (DD-682) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was laid down by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California 12 December 1942; launched 13 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs Louis B. Porterfield and commissioned 30 October 1943, with Commander J. C. Woefel in command. "Porterfield received ten battle stars for World War...
On Patriot Day, 9-11-2021, medallions for each of the five branches of the armed forces as well as one honoring Prisoners-of-War and those still Missing-in-Action (POW-MIA) were set in place around the Great Seal of the United States of America in Veterans Memorial Walkway. Also, several...
Known as “Victory over Japan Day,” or simply “V-J Day,” the term is used to refer to September 2, 1945. On that date, the Empire of Japan’s formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay. (SOURCE: History.com, V-J Day.) WVMP held a...
This ceremony was held at the Operation Freedom Memorial and honored and remembered all those Americans who served in Desert Storm, Desert Shield and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The sidewalk into the park to the Memorial was lined with American flags courtesy of American Legion Post 4....
The Korean Armistice Agreement brought to an end over three years of tremendous fighting against communist expansionism and tyranny on the Korean Peninsula. On July 27, 2021 at 0830 hours, the Park bell was rung and WVMP honored the the 23,600 Americans who were killed...
“Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the...