25th Anniversary Great Flood Commemoration at Quincy Independence Day Celebration

QUINCY, IL (06/28/2018) (readMedia)-- 25th Anniversary Great Flood Commemoration at Quincy Independence Day Celebration

• Great Flood Commemoration:

o 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

o Quincy Readiness Center, 702 Kochs Lane; Quincy, IL

o Keynote speech by Maj. Gen. (ret.) Lynn, the Adjutant General of the ILNG during the Great Flood

o Photos, artifacts, and video documenting ILNG's response during the Great Flood

• Quincy Independence Day Celebration:

o 8 p.m.

o Clat Adams Bicentennial Park, Front Street; Quincy, IL

o Maj. Gen. (ret.) Lynn will speak at the City of Quincy's Independence Day Celebration

o An Illinois Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter and trucks and equipment from the Guard's Quincy-based 126th Quartermaster Company

o 144th Army Band plays extended performance prior to fireworks

WHO:

• Illinois National Guard (ILNG) Soldiers, former ILNG Soldiers and Airmen

• ILNG Maj. Gen. (ret.) Donald Lynn, 33rd Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard

• Illinois Army National Guard’s 144th Army Band
WHAT:

 • Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the Great Flood of 1993

o Keynote speech by Maj. Gen. (ret.) Lynn, the Adjutant General of the ILNG during the Great Flood

o Photos, artifacts, and video documenting ILNG’s response during the Great Flood

• Quincy Independence Day Celebration

o Maj. Gen. (ret.) Lynn will speak at the City of Quincy’s Independence Day Celebration

o An Illinois Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter and trucks and equipment from the Guard’s Quincy-based 126th Quartermaster Company

o 144th Army Band plays extended performance prior to fireworks
WHEN: Wednesday July 04, 2018 at 03:00PM Central Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: Quincy Readiness Center
702 Kochs Lane
Quincy, Illinois 62301
NOTES:

 • Photos, artifacts, and video will be on display during the Great Flood Commemoration event, documenting the flood and the ILNG’s response – provided by ILNG Command Historian Adriana Schroeder and Barbara Wilkenson-Fletcher, Executive Director of the Quincy Museum

• ILARNG 144th Army Band will perform for one hour in Clat Adams Bicentennial Park, prior to fireworks