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Veterans Day Town Hall and Memorial Ceremony ‘21
Nov
11

Veterans Day Town Hall and Memorial Ceremony ‘21

Opening Ceremony Music by the Olympia Symphony Orchestra

 

Where

Capitol Campus North Lawn, Olympia WA  

Between Sunken Garden and WWⅡ Memorial, facing N. Diagonal Road

North Diagonal Road barricaded for event use (special needs, food truck, event-related orgs)

*North Diagonal Road barricaded for event use (special needs, food truck, event-related organizations)     

Tent (30 x 80) with flooring, chairs, tables, stage, and podium 

Power: 10K Generator with sound system and wifi mics + podium mic. 

When

11 November 2021, 12pm - 4pm

Timeline

0800 - 1200

Event Set-Up, Preparations

1200 - 1300

Veteran Focused Organizations Expo

1300 - 1400

Memorial Ceremony

1400 - 1600

Veterans Town Hall Focus: Building Meaningful Veteran Community

1600 - 2000

Town Hall Discussion Overflow / Event Breakdown & Cleanup

Event Run of Show

1. Vet Org Expo: 1200-1300

Veteran-focused organizations set up tables with resources, flyers, banners, shirts (10 am - 12 pm)

Organization to Community Organization to Organization: Convene annually on Veterans Day on increasing impact and efficiency through working better together.

MC Event Opener

Rod Wittmier, Army Veteran and Founder of the National Alliance to End Veteran Suicide 

1.9 Transition Phase:
Expo to Memorial

Video Track

Thank You, Veterans (12:55)

2. Memorial Dedication:
1300 - 1400

Memorial Stage Set

Colors, Empty Table Set, Flower Bouquet, Nametape Memorial plaque

Opening Memorial Ceremony Music

Olympia Symphony Orchestra (OSO)

MC

Betsy Reed Schultz Gold Star Mother and Founder of the Captain Joseph House Foundation 

Color Guard Post the Colors

Boy Scout Troop 48, Olympia WA

National Anthem (Guitar)

SSG Roly Villena, 1-168 GSAB WAARNG

Leroy Petry

Community Leader and Speaker, U.S. Army Retired and Recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2008.

Dedication & Moment in Silence

Michael Rathbun, U.S. Army Retired Chief Warrant Officer 3 and Founder of Leaving the Sideline

Poem Reading

Eric Paul, U.S. Army Retired and Founder of Warriors Breaking Bread

Color Guard Retire the Colors

Closing Ceremony (music)

Olympia Symphony Orchestra

3. Veterans Town Hall: 1400 - 1600 (UTC)

MC

Charles Vogl, On Building Meaningful Community

Community Author, Speaker, charlesvogl.com 

Will lead a community conversation as moderator with Veteran Town Hall Panel Discussion and Group Interactive

Veteran Panel

Closes Hall

MC, 1600 (overflow time available) 


Event Resources

Music  

Olympia Symphony Orchestra

Austin Schlicting (violin) and Lisa Pearson (viola) 

DJ, Sound System, and Power

DJ Dave Iuli, U.S. Army Retired

  

Food Resources

Food Truck: 12 pm - 4 pm, Ensure sufficient food, possibly lunch and dinner.

Carolina Grill 253

Red Cross Service to the Armed Forces food resource

Manic Meatballs

Parking

Capital Campus Parking is free for Federal Holiday 

*North Diagonal: Event special access parking.

General Public - Visitor Parking | Department of Enterprise Services Nucloud Web Map

Restrooms

Portable Toilets next to Winged Victory monument (+ hand washing stations). 

The Legislative building and others will also have restrooms accessible.   

Tent (30’ x 80’) tent with flooring, chairs(400), tables(20), stage, and podium: Celebrations Store

Event Security 

Advisor: Olympic Tactical & Investigations LLC

Washington State Patrol: Capitol Campus

Event Coordinator

Eric Paul, Warriors Breaking Bread, eric@warriorsbreakingbread.com

Event Advisory

Keith Looker, US Army Retired and Founder of the Lacey Veterans Hub

Gordon Retterath, US Army Retired, LICSW at Simply Thrive PLLC

Renee Zimmerman, Olympia Symphony Orchestra

Media

King 5 News

TVW

Vendor Manager

Jeremiah Jones

Organizations

Lacey Veterans Hub

Leaving the Sideline

Project Kenny

Mission Outdoors

Vets Town Hall

Warriors Breaking Bread

Peer Washington

Veterans Museum

The Carolina Grill 253

Vets and Players

Wake for Warriors

Captain Joseph House Foundation

Project Healing Waters

Red Cross

Washington State Dept of Veterans Affairs

American Legion Dept of Washington

Port Olympia

Western Governors University

Veterans Lending Group

Hope 4 Heroes Consulting

Daughters of the American Revolution

Everyone for Veterans

GCU

Axe and Arrow

Olympia Symphony

Minority Vets

National Alliance to End Veteran Suicide

Goodwill Military & Veteran Services

Thurston County Food Bank

Rally Point Properties

Veterans Rites

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