SIOUXLAND FREEDOM PARK WILL HOST A SPECIAL CEREMONY TONIGHT ON THIS ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACK ON AMERICA,
PARK DIRECTOR MIKE NEWHOUSE SAYS THE PATRIOT’S DAY EVENT WILL FEATURE A FLAG RETIREMENT CEREMONY AND WRAPS UP A THREE DAY EXHIBIT OF A HALF SCALE REPLICA OF THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER:
TOMB3 OC……AT A TIME. :23
NEWHOUSE SAYS IT IS A SOLEMN CEREMONY:
FLAGS1 OC…………FOR THE FLAGS. :25
IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A FLAG RETIREMENT CEREMONY BEFORE, YOU MAY BE BOTH SURPRISED AND MOVED BY WHAT OCCURS:
FLAGS2 OC….WHERE THE ASHES GO. :26
THE FLAG RETIREMENT CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE OF THE BRIGADIER GENERAL BUD AND DORIS DAY INTERPRETIVE CENTER AROUND 8 P.M.