“THE MOVING WALL”

             VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL

                       OPENING CEREMONY

             WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2006  -- 7:00 P.M.

*  Fly Over
United States Air Force – McGuire AFB, NJ

*  Prelude Music
       “For The Fallen” and “God Bless America” – Greater South Jersey Chorus

            “The Flowers of the Forest” on Bag Pipes – Curt Anderson, 1^st Vice President, Vietnam Veterans of    America-NJ Chapter #899

*  Presentation of Colors
Color Guard Unit – 78^th Division, Training Support Brigade – Fort Dix, NJ

*  Pledge of Allegiance

Led by Vietnam Veterans of America-NJ Chapter #899 of Bordentown

*  National Anthem
“The Star Spangled Banner” - Greater South Jersey Chorus

*  Invocation
        Rev. Jack Koslowsky – Chaplain, Medford Police & Fire Departments

*  Welcome & Introductions
            *The Honorable Lisa A. Post, Mayor-Township of Medford

             Captain, USAR-Retired
            *Tom Lamaine - Master of Ceremonies
             Meteorologist/Broadcaster-CBS 3, Navy Pilot and Vietnam Veteran, and member of  Burlington County Military Affairs Committee

*  A Time of Tribute - Guest Speakers 
 *Major General David S. Gray, Air Mobility Warfare Center, Fort Dix, NJ

            *William Devereaux, Program Coordinator, NJ Department of Military & Veterans Affairs

                 (representing Governor Jon Corzine and General Glen K. Reith, NJ Adjutant General)

            *Salvatore Saluga, representing the family of Stephen J. Saluga, III of Medford

            *Robert Frey, representing the family of Kenneth E. DeMore of Medford

*  Laying of Memorial Wreaths and Dedication of Plaque Commemorating “Moving Wall” Display

Medford Township Council with Saluga & DeMore families.   

*  Reading – “A Message From The Other Side of the Wall”

Michael Engi, President –Vietnam Veterans of America-NJ Chapter #899

            “ The Minstrel Boy”  on Bag Pipes – Curt Anderson, Vietnam Veterans of America-NJ Chapter #899

*  Laying of POW/MIA Wreath - POW/MIA Service
        Vietnam Veterans of America-NJ Chapter #899

*  Reading – “Oh, How I Lament”  1^st Place, Vietnam Poetry Contest at Seneca High School 

Michael Hartman of Shamong, Sophomore

*  Medford Methodist Church Bell Choir performance

            “America the Beautiful,”  “Song of Remembrance,” “Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace,” and

            “Let There be Peace on Earth.”

*  Reading of Names, Tolling of Bells and Placement of Flags for 81 Lost Veterans from Burlington County  
            Burlington County Freeholder Deputy Director William S. Haines, Jr. and County Clerk Philip E. Haines. Flags placed by the Junior ROTC Corps from Burlington City High        School.  

*  Benediction
           Rev. Jack Koslowsky

*  Honor The Dead - Taps          

Bugler - Conner Alan Gray, SRA – McGuire AFB, NJ           

*  Retiring of the Colors - Music & Bag Pipes   

            Color Guard Unit – 78^th Division, Training Support Brigade – Fort Dix, NJ
            “Sea to Shining Sea” – Greater South Jersey Chorus

            “The Fields of Athenry” on Bag Pipes – Curt Anderson, Vietnam Veterans of A merica-

            NJ Chapter #899

**Sound donated by Big League Sound & MegaStar Entertainment Group**