The Hilton Head Area Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) will host the 2023 Veterans Day Celebration beginning at 1030 a.m. on November 11th. The event will take place at the Hilton Head Island Veterans Memorial Park, 59 Shelter Cove Lane. In case of inclement weather, it will be at St Andrew by-the-Sea United Methodist Church located at 20 Pope Avenue.
MOAA Chapter President Brigadier General Mitchell Leclaire, US Army Retired, is the Master of Ceremonies. USMC combat veteran Roy Brown and Stephanie Brown, the Co-Founders of Operation Patriot Forward Operating Base {OPFOB), will present the Keynote Address. Mayor Alan Perry will speak and present a proclamation designating Veterans Day, November 11th, on Hilton Head Island as a Day of Remembrance for veterans of all the uniformed military services who have served our country defending freedom.
The Hilton Head Choral Society will provide the music.
The Navy Junior ROTC Cadets from Hilton Head High School will provide the Color Guard, the ushers, and the traditional reading of the poem “In Flanders Fields”. Members from American Legion Posts 42 and 185 will participate in the ceremony. Trumpeters will play the bugle calls for the ceremony.
