BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Arlington Natl Cemetery -- Event: Veterans Day (2008) @ Pershing Memorial (Military Order of the World Wars) w/Frank Buckles

VA -- Arlington Natl Cemetery -- Event: Veterans Day (2008) @ Pershing Memorial (Military Order of the World Wars) w/Frank Buckles:

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Description of Pictures: Each Veterans Day, for over a half century, the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) has conducted an International Memorial Service honoring General of the Armies John J. “Blackjack” Pershing in Arlington National Cemetery. In attendance and laying a wreath will be representatives from the Allied Nations who fought so hard for victory in World War I.

Events in sequence:
- Music by the US Army Band ("Pershing's Own")
- Call to Order and Welcome by Bert Rice, Past Commander-in-Chief, MOWW
- Invocation by Chaplain Michael Punke
- Presentation of the Colors
- National Anthem by the US Army Band
- Military Order of the World Wars Preamble by Michael Culbertson, MOWW
- Retirement of the Colors
- Introduction of Speakers by Bert Rice
- Welcome to Arlington Cemetery by John Metzler, Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery
- Welcome to the Pershing Ceremony by Robert "Sam" Wetzel, Commander-in-Chief, MOWW
- Introduction of Guest Speaker by Alfred Shehab, Past Commander-in-Chief, MOWW
- Guest Speaker. Richard Rowe, Jr.
- "My Buddy" by the US Army Band
- Wreath Laying Ceremony
- Taps
- Benediction by Chaplain Michael Punke
- Musical Postlude

Afterward, a bunch of people were photographed with Frank Buckles, the last surviving US veteran of World War I. I tried to get some guy to take my picture but he apparently pressed the wrong button, despite claiming it had come out fine. Sigh.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. ARLP_081111_011.JPG: You are remembered 116,516 brave Americans who died in World War I "Their devotion, their valor and their sacrifice will live forever in the hearts of their grateful countrymen." General of the Armies John J. Pershing No Greater Love, Inc. Veterans of World War I of the USA, Inc. November 11, 1989
2. ARLP_081111_026.JPG: (left to right) Alfred Shehab (Past Commander-in-Chief, MOWW), John Metzler (Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery).
3. ARLP_081111_135.JPG: The woman on the right is the daughter (?) of Frank Buckles
4. ARLP_081111_289.JPG: Call to Order and Welcome by Bert Rice, Past Commander-in-Chief, MOWW
5. ARLP_081111_298.JPG: Invocation by Chaplain Michael Punke
6. ARLP_081111_307.JPG: Presentation of the Colors
7. ARLP_081111_373.JPG: Welcome to Arlington Cemetery by John Metzler, Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery
8. ARLP_081111_401.JPG: Alfred Shehab, Past Commander-in-Chief, MOWW
9. ARLP_081111_413.JPG: Robert "Sam" Wetzel
10. ARLP_081111_423.JPG: Bert Rice, Past Commander-in-Chief, MOWW
11. ARLP_081111_463.JPG: Richard Rowe, Jr.
12. ARLP_081111_494.JPG: Frank Buckles was wheeled in during the playing of "My Buddy"
13. ARLP_081111_575.JPG: Frank Buckles, last remaining World War I veteran, at the John J Pershing tribute at Arlington National Cemetery.
14. ARLP_081111_717.JPG: Benediction by Chaplain Michael Punke
15. ARLP_081111_722.JPG: Bert Rice, Past Commander-in-Chief, MOWW
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