City of Jacksonville issued the following announcement on Aug. 19.
Due to current COVID conditions in the area and out of an abundance of caution, there will be no public admitted to the Montford Point Marine Day Ceremony on August 26, 2021.
The ceremony will take place at 9AM and will be available to view live on Facebook.com/JacksonvilleNC.gov. You may also view the ceremony later on G10TV, G10TV.org, and YouTube.com/JacksonvilleNCGov
The event will only include guests of honor, speakers, medal recipient family members and participants. A highlight of the ceremony includes three Montford Point Mariners who will receive the Congressional Gold Medal for their service.
Military guests of honor, guest speakers and escorts attending include, SecNav and Mrs. Del Toro, CMC and Mrs. Berger, Secretary Gaskin, SMMC and Mrs. Black, LtGen and Mrs. Jurney
SgtMaj and Mrs. Travis, Commissioner and Mrs. Bright and
Mayor Sammy Phillips
The Montford Point Marine Association is searching for other Montford Point Mariners. Learn more at VisitJacksonvilleNC.com/MontfordPointMarines
riginal source can be found here.
Source: City of Jacksonville
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