Jefferson Ruritan Club
Veteran’s Memorial Dedication Ceremony
Sunday – November 17, 2013
1:00pm (1300)
Jefferson Ruritan Center
Welcome
Jay House-Chairperson
Citizenship & Patriotism Committee
Color Guard
Post 11 American Legion Ladders
Frederick, MD
U.S. Flag Raising
Jefferson Boy Scout Troop 1066
National Anthem - Star Spangled Banner
Leslie Byrd – Jefferson Raised Resident
Invocation
Pastor Paul Papp Jefferson United Methodist Church
Recognition of Committee/Contributors
Jay House
Recognition of Area Veterans
All Present
Song - God Bless America (lyrics on back)
Jefferson Area Church Choirs
Keynote Speaker
Tommy Grunwell – Former U.S. Marine &
Vietnam Veteran
Unveiling/Dedication of the Monument
Tommy Grunwell & Committee Members
Blessing of Veteran’s and Memorial
Pastors Rebecca & John Shillingburg
Jefferson United Church of Christ
Placing of the Honorary Wreath
Jefferson Boy Scout Troop 1066
Song- America the Beautiful (lyrics on back)
Jefferson Area Church Choirs
Closing Remarks
Jay House
Pledge of Allegiance
Jefferson Boy Scout Troop 1066
Volley Gun Salute
Post 11 American Legion Ladders
Taps
Jordan Duncan – Jefferson Resident
Benediction
Pastor Katrina Holland
Jefferson St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
“God Bless our Troops and God Bless America”
“God Bless America”
While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free.
Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer:
(Chorus) God bless America, land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans white with foam,
God bless America,
My home sweet home! (Repeat chorus)
“America the Beautiful”
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America! God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
America! America! May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness,
And every gain divine!
O Beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam,
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!