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Tentative Event Schedule
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Welcome to Kinston and Lenoir County
Starting Friday, November 7, 2008 -
Sunday, November 9, 2008

 

Wednesday, Nov 5, 2008

8:00   Georgia Battle Center Veteran Breakfast  Lincoln St.

           All veterans welcome!
 
Friday, Nov. 7, 2008
2:30   Walk of Honor brick dedication
            9-11 Emergency Services Personnel Memorial and Walk of Honor
            Corner of Gordon St. and Mitchell St. and next to the Farmers Market
             on Heritage St.
7:00    Flag History Ceremony by Chapter 329 National Sojourners
            with Bagpiper—SSgt. Robert White
             Lenoir Community College Waller Auditorium
8:00    Tar River Community Band Concert
             Lenoir Community College Waller Auditorium
  

Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008

10:00   Parade lineup - Queen St. Methodist Church parking lot on Peyton Ave.
             Rolling stock line-up on Peyton Ave.

11:00   Veterans Parade down Herritage St.

             Opening Ceremonies at Neuseway Park Speaker John Moore
 
 12:00-4:00 Stew Fest Cookoff to raise fund for the Neuse II
                    $10 grants you 4 bowls of your choice plus a raffle ticket
                     Corner of Heritage St. and Gordon St.
 
2:00-5:00      1st Calvary Division Reunion 
                        North Carolina 1st Cav. Div. Association Tar Heel Chapter
                        Community Council for the Arts
 
 2:00-5:00    Poker Run to raise funds for the Veterans of Foreign Wars
 
7:00   Salute! Veterans Tribute Show at Grainger-Hill Performing Arts
            under direction of Mary Beth Dawson, emcee-Allan Hoffman

Sunday, November 9, 2008
2:30   Memorial Service at American Legion Post 43
3:30   Heavy hors d’oeuvres at American Legion Post 43 
            Hosted by American Legion and VFW Auxiliaries
 
          
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 -
Saturday, November 9, 2008

 

Friday, November 7, 2008
7:00pm Flag History Ceremony Chapter 329 National Sojourners
Site: Lenoir Community College Waller Auditorium


8:00pm Tar River Community Band Concert
Site: Lenoir Community College Waller Auditorium
Saturday, November 8, 2008

11:00am Veterans Parade
Site: Heritage St. DownTown Kinston Directions


11:45am Veterans' Day Ceremonies
with John Moore as MC-
 
12:00-4:00pm Stew Fest Cookoff
A fundraiser for the CSS Neuse II
$10 grants you 4 bowls of your choice plus a raffle ticket
Corner of Heritage St. and Gordon St.
 
Entertainment will be provided for your enjoyment!
 
Come join us for this taste of the county.
 
2:00-5:00pm Benefit Poker Run
Registration and Stop Route info
A-l Auto & 9-11 Memorial
$10 per bike & $5 per additional rider
Last stop includes Bar-B-Que and 50/50 drawing
 
This ride is for after the parade, ceremonies and begins after the
judging of the Stew Fest
 
The purpose of this ride is to benefit the community programs of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2771
Kinston
2:00-5:00pm Tar Heel Chapter
1st Calvary Division Association Reunion
All Veterans serving with or attached to the 1st Calvary Division
at any time is invited to attend! The event is family oriented with light
hors d'oeuvres.
 
This Coastal Carolina Reunion is in honor of the crew of
"Cost of Living," lost in 1967
and honors special guest
SP/5 Hugh Powers, Jr.
a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
 
This event will be held in downtown Kinston
at the Community Council of the Arts
400 N. Queen St.
 
Sunday, November 9, 2008

2:30pm Memorial Service
Refreshments following Service
Site: American Legion Post #43
Directions

Mainliners
7:00pm-8:00pm Salute! Veterans Tribute Show
with MC Alan Hoffman. Choregraphy and Dance Troupe by Kinston's own
This show is a must see! If you have never seen it, then you better get there early. Ever since Salute! first begun this show has been touted as "one of the best".
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