Hope Baptist Church, at 3721 Quarry Rd, Wake Forest, is putting on their annual Memorial Day Celebration on Monday, May 30th, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 4:10 p.m. It features a parade, Dan the Animal Man, live music, interviews with WWII veterans, military vehicle rides, games, and a BBQ picnic lunch. It’s open to the public and is all free, even the lunch.
The All Americans will be setting up a foxhole demonstration over at the game area, where kids can dig a foxhole with period tools. They will also have a gear demonstration set up in the same area where you can try on realistic gear and take pictures. Kids will be able to clear a mock mine field (buried tin cans), a common experience on a WWII battlefield. Plus All Americans will be milling around and staying in 1940’s character, so you can talk to “real” people from WWII. They will also be marching at the front of our parade.
| 9:00 | Military Vehicle Rides & Games |
| 10:30 | Front Porch Kids lead “I’ll fly away” |
| Scott Brown welcome and prayer | |
| Bill Potter and Scott Brown interview WWII guys | |
| Dan the Animal Man | |
| Carlton McLeod, Bill Potter, Scott Brown, Paul Newby (NC Supreme Court Justice) | |
| 12:25 | Lunch and music by Front Porch Kids |
| 2:00 | Parade |
| 2:40 | Music: Front Porch Kids, and David Lanier singing songs from the past |
| 3:00 | David Lanier reads casualty list |
| 3:20 | Military Vehicle Rides and games |
