Lt. General Charles S. Mahan, U.S. Army Retired, will be the guest speaker at the Flagler County Veterans Day ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11, at the entrance to the Government Services Building in the Flagler County Government Center, 1769 East Moody Blvd. (S.R. 100) in Bunnell.
Mahan spent part of his 35 year Army career overseas in the 1st Division Calvary in Vietnam. He also served in Germany and in Kuwait and Iraq as part of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1990 and 1991. Lt. General Mahan also served as Deputy Chief of Staff U.S. Army Logistics prior to retiring to Grand Haven in Palm Coast.
The program, sponsored by the Flagler County Commission and the Veterans Advisory Council, will feature the National Anthem sung by Amy Fulmer’s Flagler Palm Coast High School Formality Singers. Participants in the ceremony include: American Legion Post 115, DAV Chapter 86, Italian American War Veterans, Jewish War Veterans Post 300, Marine Corps League 876, Military Officers Association of America, Military Order of the Purple Heart 808, VFW Posts 8696 and 5213, The Knights of Columbus 2264 Color Corps, The Flagler Palm Coast High School AFJROTC, Flagler County Girl Scouts of America, Flagler County Cub Scouts and the Flagler County Veterans Service Office.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, the Formality Singers will sing a selection of patriotic songs. Refreshments will be provided courtesy of the DAV Chapter 86.
Palm Coast will mark the day at 8:30 a.m. at Heroes Memorial Park on Palm Coast Parkway, half a mile west of the Flagler County Library. An Honor Guard ceremony will be presented by the City of Palm Coast Fire Department. Mayor Jon Netts will lead the program with a brief address, followed by remarks from Council Member Holsey Moorman, a veteran, and special presentations from the Matanzas High School JROTC and the Festival Choir.
Light refreshments will be served. For more information, please call Marsha Lidskin, Community Relations Coordinator for Palm Coast at (386) 986-3708.
Schools, county and city offices will be closed on Veterans Day.
PalmCoastPioneers says
Palm Coasts’ own ‘ Palm Coast Festival Park MARCH’ –
Maybe for Events in Palm Coast – Palm Coasts’ own ‘Palm Coast Festival Park March’ can be played so that newer Palm Coasters can hear Palm Coasts’ March –
Perhaps if Palm Coasters are allowed to have Parades again like we always had for decades last Century the ‘Palm Coast March’ can be played also – it would certainly be uplifting during these difficult times:
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DBCC relives 30 years in pictures
By: Jim Miskelly
PALM COAST – Daytona Beach Community College celebrated its 30th Anniversary, complete with an art exhibit, historic photos depicting the 30 years of growth of the college and a concert by the DBCC Concert Band under the direction of Douglas Peterson.
The Art exhibit included 186 paintings and pencil drawing by DBCC students of art instructors Pam Greisenger and Barbara Craig. Many of the paintings were for sale. Dr Paul Thompson, vice president in charge of all DBCC Campuses, displayed a framed sketch on napkins, with the inscription : “Flagler Palm Coast Center” Original Plan, approved in concept by Dr. Charles H. Polk, Pine Lakes Country Club. Nov. 1982. by Paul Thompson, DBCC, Jerry Full, ITT, Gary Walters, ITT.” Thompson said the original plan followed the concept of Merriweather Post’s ‘Wolftrap’ open air theater in Virginia.
Attendance at the evening holiday concert was quite sparse, due to the cold weather. The band’s opening number was Leroy Andersons’ ‘Sleigh Ride.” Charles T. Gabriele conducted the band during the performance of his composition originally played at the dedication of the Flagler Campus,
“Palm Coast Festival Park March.”
Several Christmas numbers and a sing-along entertained the audience, Sharon Crow, alumni affairs director representing the DBCC Foundation and Alumni Association, and vice president Dr. Len O’Hara presented two full art scholachips to the DBCC campus. Contact Larry Goodemote at 445.4030.
Guest Conductor – Professor Charles T. Gabriele conducts his own composition.
Flagler Palm Coast News, Wednesday, December 23, 1987.
Navy Band Orlando Thrills Capacity Crowd at Center
By Jim Miskelly
PALM COAST – It was a first for Palm Coast. In and ideal setting for a Sunday afternoon band concert, an overflow crowd estimated at nearly 1,000 packed the Daytona Beach Community College Flagler Center’s new outdoor theater for the performing arts for a performance by the Navy Band Orland, under the direction of Lt. William D. Myers.
Palm Coast Professor Charles T. Gabriele conducted the band in playing his own composition ” Naval Training Center March,” and the premier performance of his “Palm Coasts Festival Park March.” commemorating the opening of the Cultural Arts Pavilion. Gabriele, former composer in residence of the Naval Academy Band, earned a standing ovation from the audience and the band alike. Gabrielle dedicated the march to ICDC President Alan Smolen, who in turn shared the honor with ICDC Executives Gary Walters and Vince Viscomi for their part in planning the center.
The program opened with the ‘Star Spangled Banner,” setting the pace for a patriotic afternoon. Center Director Larry Goodemote welcomed the audience and County Commission Merle Shoemaker read a Flagler County Commission resolution proclaiming May 20, 1981 as “American Legion Flagler Post 115 Day.”
The American Legion Post, chartered in 19919 is the oldest veterans ‘ organization in Flagler County and was a sponsor of the concert with the cooperation of DBCC’s Flagler Center and ICDC Shoemaker noted this was the first event at which all local veterans’ organizations were represented and welcomed . American Legion Flagler Post 115. Palm Coast VFW Post 8696 , Flagler County FW Post 5213. DAV Chapter MOWW. Shoemaker presented a copy of the resolutions to the American Legion Post Adjutant Cora Buckles.
Rear Adm. Pauline M. Hartington, USN, congratulated Professor Gabriele for his years of service in the Navy and cited him for his compositions.
The concert concluded with ‘Servicemen on Parade,” a medley of familiar service songs with an invitation for former veterans to stand when their service connected song was played.
Wednesday May 23, 1984 – Flagler Palm Coast News Tribune
Layla says
Thank you to our veterans. I bet we have many here. We appreciate your great sacrifices for us, the gifts of freedom which you give to us.
God Bless America.