Judge Adam Wilgus to speak at New Philadelphia Veterans Day service
NEW PHILADELPHIA ‒ Tuscarawas County Probate and Juvenile Court Judge Adam W. Wilgus will be the guest speaker at the 2023 Veterans Day service in New Philadelphia.
The event will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday in the courthouse square.
Wilgus served with the 2nd Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Ohio Army National Guard. He is a member of the New Philadelphia VFW Post 1445 Military Honors Team.
The New Philadelphia High School Marching Quaker Band, under the direction of Jeff Furbay, will present the national anthem. New Philadelphia Welty Middle School students, under the direction of Sharon Ricklic, will perform the traditional flag folding ceremony.
The New Philadelphia High School Delphian Chorale, under the direction of Kristi Prucha, and the Central Elementary School Choir, under the direction of Cheryl Graham, will perform several patriotic songs.
The rifle squad, composed of volunteers from New Philadelphia’s three veterans’ service organizations ‒ American Legion Post 139, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1445 and Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 857 ‒ will fire three rifle volleys. New Philadelphia band student musicians will perform Taps.
In the event of inclement weather, the service will be moved indoors to the VFW Banquet Hall, located at VFW Post 1445, 441 Park Avenue NW, New Philadelphia. A decision to move the service will be made by 9 a.m. on Veterans Day.
Following the service, the public is invited to the New Philadelphia VFW Post Canteen for the traditional bean soup luncheon. Following the VFW lunch, Post 1445 will hold a short ceremony to dedicate the new Chuck Moorehead Veterans Memorial Garden located on the post grounds. The Hometown Hero banners that were not able to be displayed in downtown New Philadelphia are displayed in the garden.
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