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Veterans Day Observance November 11, 2014 Concert Pavilion | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Veterans Day The entire community is invited to join the City of Gaithersburg for its annual Veterans Day Observance on Tuesday, November 11th, honoring and recognizing all U.S. military personnel who play an important role in safeguarding our nation and our future. The observance takes place at 11 a.m. at the City Hall Concert Pavilion. City officials and members of local veterans groups will be on hand to honor those who have served in all branches of the military. Officials, veterans and community organizations will also participate in a solemn wreath laying ceremony, followed by a reception inside City Hall. Veterans Day remarks will be delivered by Lieutenant General Ronald R. Blanck (U.S Army, retired). General Blanck began his military career in 1968 as a medical officer and battalion surgeon in Vietnam and retired 32 years later as the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and commander of the U.S. Army Medical Command. During his distinguished military career, General Blanck served as commander of Walter Reed Medical Center, North Atlantic Region Medical Command, and Director of Professional Services and Chief of Medical Corps Affairs for the U.S. Army Surgeon General. General Blanck is a partner and Chairman of the Board of Martin, Blanck & Associates, a health care consulting company for the private sector and the government. The City of Gaithersburg is once again supporting the efforts of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), which adopts various units deployed overseas. At the observance we will be collecting items to send as part of the Adopt-A-Unit program. Items most needed include: Powdered drink mixes, Silly String (to detect lasers in a room), cherry flavored lip balm, medium weight mid-calf socks, men’s undershirts, boxers and briefs, envelopes, tablets, pens and pencils, store bought packaged cookies, flypaper, cans of salted nuts and cheese dips, canisters of potato chips, travel size toothbrushes, toothpaste, baby wipes, soaps, shampoos and lotions, disposable razors, shaving cream, sealable gallon plastic bags, trail mixes, energy bars, hard candy, disposable cameras, and AA and AAA batteries. The VFW also accepts monetary donations, which they use to purchase postage and calling cards in bulk at a discounted price. Tax-deductible donations can be dropped off between 4 and 9 p.m. at the VFW John M. Carter Post #9862, 211K N. Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, 301-948-0781. Please make checks payable to VFW Post #9862 and mark in the memo field “Adopt-a-Troop.”

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