Take a tour through the capitol campus veterans memorials and hear Washington veterans speak about their military experiences Thursday, Nov. 8, in honor of Veterans Day.
- FRI, November 8
- Noon - pm
- Capitol Campus (corner of 11th and Capitol Way
- FLYER
The 27th annual veterans ceremony starts at noon at the WWII Memorial near the corner of Capitol Way South and 11th Avenue Southeast. The Pacific Lutheran University Honor Guard will present the colors. Attendees will travel to other war memorials on campus with a speaker or music at each stop.
Cami Feek, deputy commissioner of the Employment Security Department, will emcee the event. Speakers include Col. Kenneth A. Borchers of the Washington Air National Guard, Rhiannon Stuart of the Office of the Attorney General, David Bright of Employment Security, and Katrina Stensgaard of the Washington Service Corps. The event ends at 1 p.m.
Emcee: Cami Feek, deputy commissioner of the Employment Security Department, will introduce speakers at five veterans memorials on the capitol campus.
Featuring: Speakers Jason Matheney, Col. Kenneth Borchers, Rhiannon Stuart, David Bright and Katrina Stensgaard.
Music by: Vincent Anderson, Jeanette Nelson, Chad Stoker and members of the Tumwater High School choir
Free and open to the public
Sponsored by: International Association of Workforce Professionals, Employment Security Department Veteran Employee Resource Group and the Washington Federation of State Employees, Local 443
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OLYMPIA – Washington veterans will speak about their military experiences in honor of Veterans Day in a ceremony from noon to 1 p.m. on Nov. 8 on the state capitol campus.
The public is invited to gather first at the WWII Memorial to hear Army veteran Jason Matheney, director of the WorkSource office at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, which helps soldiers transition to civilian life. Event attendees will then walk to the Winged Victory Monument, the POW-MIA Memorial, the Medal of Honor Monument, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and conclude at the Korean War Memorial, hearing a speaker and music at each stop.
Other speakers will be: Rhiannon Stuart of the Office of the Attorney General, David Bright of Employment Security and Katrina Stensgaard of the Washington Service Corps. In addition, Col. Kenneth A. Borchers of the Washington Air National Guard will speak about his grandfather's service in Bastogne at the Battle of the Bulge, his time as a German POW, his Purple Heart, and how that legacy shaped future generations of the Borchers’ family.
The ceremony is the 27th annual event sponsored by the International Association of Workforce Professionals (IAWP), the Employment Security Department’s Veteran Employee Resource Group, and by the Washington Federation of State Employees.
Cami Feek, Employment Security’s deputy commissioner, will emcee the event. The Pacific Lutheran University Honor Guard will present the colors. Musicians Chad Stoker and Jeanette Nelson of Employment Security and Vincent Anderson of the Health Care Authority will perform patriotic songs. Members of the Tumwater High School choir also will perform. Anderson will formally end the ceremony with “Taps.”
“IAWP has been a proud sponsor of this ceremony for all of its 27 years,” said Donna Glacken, president of IAWP’s Washington chapter. “We have a wonderful variety of speakers this year who will share different perspectives from their personal experiences. Please join us!”
Flags and U.S. Marines roses will be available for participants to place at the memorials.
Media contacts: Janelle Guthrie, communications director, 360-902-9289; Ann Hartman, 360-902-9476
