2013 Veterans Day Events in Iowa Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs Director, Colonel Robert King (Ret), encourages Iowans across the state to honor their military service members, veterans, loved ones, and those who made the ultimate sacrifice, by attending one of the many Veterans Day ceremonies and services taking place in Iowa. Many of those events are enumerated in a list attached to this email. The Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs will conduct an Iowa Veterans Day Remembrance Ceremony on November 11, 2013, at Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Van Meter. The ceremony will begin at 8:00 a.m. The guest speaker will be the Honorable Terry Branstad, Governor of Iowa. The Iowa Veterans Cemetery is located at the I-80 Van Meter exit (exit 113), just west of Des Moines. The annual Veterans Day Program in Des Moines will be held on November 11, 2013 at the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center/Veterans Memorial beginning at 11:00 a.m. The convention center is located at 833 5th Avenue, Des Moines. This event will include representatives from all Veterans Service Organizations. Presiding at the ceremony will be Robert King, Executive Director of the Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs. Guest speaker will be the Honorable Terry Branstad, Governor of Iowa. The Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown will hold a Veterans Day Program on November 11, 2013 beginning at 11:00 a.m. in the Malloy LRC. IVH is located at 1301 Summit Street, Marshalltown, Iowa. Keynote speaker will be Major (Ret) Sean Quinlan, USMC, ROTC program instructor, Des Moines’ North High School.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 19:12:08 +0000
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