Brigadier General Cecil R. Richardson, who presently serves as Deputy Chief of Air Force Chaplains at Headquarters U.S. Air Force in Washington, D.C., has agreed to be the keynote speaker at the Menomonie Veterans Celebration.
“We are very excited and honored to have someone of this rank come from Washington be a part of the event,” said planning committee co-chair, Debbie Cowles, of Menomonie.
The celebration, which will remember veterans of military service from WWII to the present conflict in Iraq, will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 13, in the Multipurpose Room of the Johnson Fieldhouse on the UW-Stout campus.
“We are really excited about the opportunity to provide closure to many who have served in previous wars and military conflict,” said Jack Stimmel, who will serve as master of ceremonies for the event. “We also pray that we will have the opportunity to welcome home our men and women from Company A at the same time.”
A quintet from the 132nd Regiment military band in Madison will provide patriotic music for the evening and Mayor Dennis Kropp will provide the official welcome. Local churches will provide refreshments.
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