New Phila Veterans Day service to honor all veterans
The 2022 Veterans Day service, honoring all veterans of the Unites States Armed Forces, will be held Veterans Day on Friday, Nov. 11.
The 2022 Veterans Day service, honoring all veterans of the Unites States Armed Forces, will be held Veterans Day on Friday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. on Court House Square in downtown New Philadelphia.
The guest speaker for the program is Tuscarawas County Probate and Juvenile Court Judge Adam W. Wilgus. Wilgus served as a red leg, an army term ascribed to army artilleryman, with the 2nd BN, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Ohio Army National Guard. Wilgus also is a member of the New Philadelphia VFW Post 1445 Military Honors Team, where he stands side by side with other veterans rendering final honors to fellow veterans.
The New Philadelphia High School Marching Quaker Band, under the direction of Jeff Furbay, will present the national anthem.
New Philadelphia Welty Middle School students Caleb Crowthers, Jack Kolat and Jacob MacBath will perform the traditional flag-folding ceremony.
Students of the New Philadelphia High School Delphian Chorale, under the direction of Kristi Prucha, will perform.
The Central Elementary School choir, under the direction of Cheryl Graham, will sing two patriotic songs.
The rifle squad, composed of volunteers from New Philadelphia’s three veterans service organizations — American Legion Post 139, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1445 and Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 857 — will fire three rifle volleys.
NPHS MQB student musicians will perform taps. Volleys and taps will be rendered in honor of all the members of the United States Armed Forces who honorably served in the defense of the nation and to all those who currently guard the gates of freedom. The three rifle volleys signify a service member’s devotion to duty, honor and country. Taps, while composed of just 24 notes, have come to signify all the sacrifices and hardships made and endured by all of America’s men and women in uniform, past and present.
The public is invited to the New Philadelphia VFW Post Canteen for the traditional bean soup luncheon following the service in the square. The post is located at 441 Park Ave. NW in New Philadelphia.
For more information call Steve Chenevey, president of the New Philadelphia Veterans Coordinating Committee, at 330-208-1388.