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Veteran to speak at ceremony

Anchorage Daily News / adn.com

Published: November 10th, 2009 09:07 PM
Last Modified: November 10th, 2009 09:08 PM

Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Katkus, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, is hosting a Veterans Day ceremony at 10:30 a.m. today at the National Guard armory on Fort Richardson. Lt. Col. Marc Hoffmeister, who was wounded in Iraq in 2007, is scheduled to give the keynote address. Gov. Sean Parnell is on the program to present the 2009 Governor's Veterans Advocacy Award.

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Immediately after this ceremony, Canadian forces from Elmendorf Air Force Base will conduct a Remembrance Day ceremony at the Fort Richardson National Cemetery.

Separately, the Kincaid Coyote Choir at Kincaid Elementary School is saluting veterans and current soldiers with free half-hour concerts at 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. today at the school, 4900 Raspberry Road.