City of Green’s Annual Veterans Day Ceremony is Friday, November 11 at 10:45 a.m. at the Green Veterans Memorial Park, 1900 Steese Road
Green, OH Green, OH – The City of Green’s Annual Veterans Day ceremony is Friday, November 11 at 10:45 a.m. at the Green Veterans Memorial Park*, 1900 Steese Road.
The ceremony will begin with the presentation of colors led by Green Fire Honor Guard and the Green High School Jr ROTC followed by brief remarks from Mayor Gerard Neugebauer. Green High School’s elite choir On a Side Note will perform. The city will also honor local US Marine Corp Veteran and Green High School Teacher and Coach Trion Jester. Each year the City of Green ends the ceremony by individually thanking our local veterans in attendance.
Witness Tree Ceremony Daily November 1 – 11 at noon
Green is one of several local communities with a Witness Tree, an outreach of the local organization, a Warriors’ Journey Home. The Witness Tree is a five-and-a-half-foot metal tree sculpture designed to create awareness to the 22 veteran suicides that occur daily in our country. Daily from November 1 – 11, volunteers host a brief ceremony at noon at the Green Witness Tree located at the Veterans Park. Each day an additional 22 dog tags are draped on its branches. On November 11 at noon, the final dog tags will be placed to symbolize the 242 lives lost from November 1 through November 11. The daily ceremony is open to all.
According to a Warriors Journey Home, the word ‘witness’ means to bear testimony to the truth. The truth our veterans often live is kept in silence. The Witness Tree is a small sliver of light opening us to a wider truth, that we all bear responsibility for war and the need to walk with our veterans on their journey home.
For more information about the Witness Tree, visit warriorsjourneyhome.org.
*In the event of rain or inclement weather (including cold temperatures), the ceremony will be moved to Queen of Heaven’s New Parish Life Center, 1800 Steese Road. Parking for the ceremony will be available at the Fire Station, John Torok Senior and Community Center and Queen of Heaven Church.
Green Veterans Memorial Park
Through generous donations of local businesses, individuals and organizations, the City of Green Veterans Memorial Park was built in 2010 with its final phase – the addition of the First Responders Monument was completed in 2017.
The City of Green, Ohio, founded in 1992, is a prosperous, progressive and promising city with more than 25,000 residents. Approximately 33.5 square-miles, Green is located in southern Summit County. Visit www.cityofgreen.org
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