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Schedule of Events

  • 10:45AM: Musical selections from the AEF Band Brass Quintet

  • 11:00AM: Introductory remarks by Jari Villanueva, Executive Director of the Doughboy Foundation

  • 11:05AM: Playing of the French and American National Anthems

  • 11:10AM: Remarks by Colonel Thibaud Thomas, Military Attaché French Embassy,
    Mr. Chuck Shawm, Executive Director, American Friends of Lafayette,
    Mr. Edwin Fountain, General Counsel of the American Battle Monuments Commission and former Vice Chair, World War I Centennial Commission,
    Mrs. Pamela Rouse Wright, President General, Daughters of the American Revolution

  • 11:18AM: Selection “Hail To The Spirit of Liberty” by John Philip Sousa from the The AEF Band Brass Quintet

  • 11:22AM: Reading of Colonel Charles Stanton’s remarks July 4, 1917, at Lafayette’s grave in Paris

  • 11:25AM: Wreaths at Pershing Statue followed by Aux Morts and Taps on bugle

  • 11:30AM: Conclusion

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