Memorial Day Commemoration

Past - Monday, May 26 2008 from 1 to 2:30 pm
James Madison Park, next to Gates of Heaven Synagogue
Madison Veterans for Peace
Richard Chamberlin, 608-222-7136 (home), 608-770-3762 (cell); John Fournelle, 608-438-7480 (cell)
     
 

 Join Veterans for Peace for an event to help the public understand the real meaning of Veterans Day. Lee Rayburn of Madison’s 92.1 FM will emcee this outdoor event. Music will be provided by the Madison folk group “Old Cool.” Audience members will be invited to read the names of WI Soldiers Killed in Iraq & Afghanistan.The speakers will be:

  • Robert Koehler, a Chicago-based journalist, an editor at Tribune Media Services and nationally syndicated writer
  • Frances Wiedenhoeft, Iraq War veteran (2 tours Iraq, 1 Afghanistan), and a nurse anesthetist in the Army medical corps and member of VFP.
  • Dan Kaufman, Iraq War veteran and member of Iraq Veterans Against the War.