| 9:30am gates open 10:00am - 4:00pm Event Location: Flag Pole. 11am 11:00am New Prague Veteran Honor Guard presents the raising of the American Flag · National Anthem- sung by John Stephens · Three rifle volley (for the POW/MIA's) · Playing of Taps- Steve Skluzacek · Opening prayer - Fort Snelling Chaplain, Ken Beale · Welcome from Jennifer & Mark Jensen · Welcome from Scott County Attorney and Military Veteran, Ron Hocevar · Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" sung by John Stephens
Location: Speakers Tent 12:15pm - 1:30pm · Butch Whitehead- DAV of MN · Tom & Jessi Mc Kenna - Every Third Saturday · Erik Therwagner- Home Front Heroes- Military Spouse scholarships through the Think Great Foundation · Dorothea Johns- WWII History Roundtable · Michael Ireland - Civil Air Patrol 1:40 Parachute jump by US Navy SEALS Patriot Parachute Team (stage break) 2:00 - 3:30 ETS Veteran Panel presentation, "Bringing Veterans All the way Home" 3:30 - 3:50 Presentation of Service Flags 3:50 Sheldon Bryant 22 | 22 In their Honor 4:00 End of program
Afternoon activities · Old Time music by Craig Evans (banjo) and Anabel Njoes (fiddle) · Live radio remote by KCHK Radio (9am - 11am) · Veteran Resource tables · Big Thunder Monster Missile air cannon by Jim Bendzick of Thunderacres · Author/Historian tables · Silent auction- first item starts closing at 12:30 · Lunch by Grill Star Catering · Scott County Sheriff Recreational Safety Equipment on display · Scott County Mounted Patrol · Products of the Hive booth · Free Food Concessions · Kids Boot camp (16' climbing wall and 60' obstacle course) · Kids Inflatable Jousting ring (25' x 25') · Self -guided farm animal tours · Woodturning demonstrations · Calf bottle feeding demonstrations · Corn shelling demonstrations · Sheep shearing demonstrations · POW/MIA table ceremony · Hay wagon rides- 12:00Noon - 3:30pm · Local artisans/Veteran owned businesses/vendors · Free doggie treats at the Service Dog tent · Fort Snelling Chapel · Military career placement agencies · WW II Re-enactment Camp representing the US Army 105th Combat Engineers, 30th Infantry Division, European Theater · Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) · Operation Empowering Hope · Service Flag Tradition · Service Dog tent · Military Jeep rides · United States Submarine Veterans, Inc. (USSVI) to display two model submarines |
