Lynchburg Event Details

Flag Memorial

Hosted by the
Exchange Club of Lynchburg

Opening Ceremony
July 1, 2006
10:00 AM

Welcome and Remarks:        Mr. Michael B. Spencer
                                President, Exchange Club of Lynchburg
                                Project Chair, Soldier’s Healing Field Flag Memorial

Invocation:                        Dr. Jerry Falwell
                                Chancellor, Liberty University
                                Pastor, Thomas Road Baptist Church

Presentation of Colors:                United States Marine Corps
                                Company C, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion

National Anthem:                Ms. Amanda Evans
                                Miss Lynchburg 2006        

Speaker:                        Lieutenant General Ronald Blanck
                                United States Army, Retired

God Bless America:                Ms. Amanda Evans

Rifle Salute:                        United States Marine Corps
                                Company C, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion

Taps:                                United States Marine Corps
                                Company C, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion

Retiring of the Colors:                United States Marine Corps
                                Company C, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion

Flag Dedication Prayer:        Captain Samuel Bowersock, Chaplain
                                United States Army
                                82nd Airborne Division


At the conclusion of the opening ceremony, reading of the names of our fallen military hero’s will be read by volunteers. Please feel free to visit the memorial during this time.    

Soldier’s Healing Field
Flag Memorial

Hosted by the
Exchange Club of Lynchburg

Closing Ceremony
July 4, 2006
5:00 PM

Welcome and Remarks:        Mr. Michael B. Spencer
                                President, Exchange Club of Lynchburg
                                Project Chair, Soldier’s Healing Field Flag Memorial

Presentation of Colors:                Lynchburg Police & Lynchburg Fire & EMS Color Guard

*National Anthem:                Old Time Gospel Hour Quartet

Invocation:                        Captain William T. Vest, Chaplain
                                United States Navy, Retired                        

Speaker:                        Brigadier General David L. Young
                                United States Air Force, Retired

“It Has Always Been the Soldier”:Old Time Gospel Hour Quartet

Rifle Salute:                        Lynchburg Police Department Rifle Detail

Taps:                                United States Army Bugler

Retiring of Colors:                Lynchburg Police & Lynchburg Fire & EMS Color Guard

“Amazing Grace”:                Lynchburg Fire & EMS Pipes and Drums

Benediction:                        Lieutenant Colonel Charles N. Davidson, Chaplain
                                United States Air Force, Retired




*Military Flyover:                2nd Bomb Wing, 2nd Operations Group, 11th Bomb Squadron
                                Barksdale Air Force Base, Bossier City, Louisiana