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 |
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