Marco Island American Legion Post 404 Veterans Day Ceremony

Marco Island’s American Legion Post 404 will be hosting a Veterans Day Ceremony at the Veterans Community Park on November 11, 2022, at 11:00 AM to honor all veterans of America’s Armed Forces. All are welcome to participate in this celebration of our brave men and women past and present who willingly served to defend our freedoms. The ceremony will be held in the newly renovated Veterans Community Park near the Veterans Flag Plaza. Please bring chairs.

The Ceremony will be preceded by the reposting of flags at Veterans Park at 10:15 on November 11th. City Manager, Michael McNees, will lead the reposting with members of American Legion Post 404 raising the flags for Florida, Collier County, Marco Island, MIA/POW Flag, and the six Service flags. 

Veteran’s Day was created by a resolution of Congress in 1926 for an annual observance of veterans. In 1938 Veteran’s Day was identified as the National Holiday. November 11th was chosen because it was the day the armistice was signed to end the Great War, WW I. Unlike Memorial Day, Veterans Day pays tribute to all American veterans—living or dead—but especially gives thanks to living veterans who served their country honorably during war or peacetime. 

The ceremony will include presentations by District 1 County Commissioner Rick LoCastro and Collier County Undersheriff Jim Bloom. Rick LoCastro, Col. USAF (ret.), will speak about the newly formed Space Force. Undersheriff Bloom, himself a veteran, will speak about the sheriff’s role in helping veterans during hurricane Ian. In addition, Carl Steinhoff, President of Rolling Thunder, will dedicate the newly installed POW/MIA Chair and David Bray, a USMC veteran, will sing several patriotic songs. The Civil Air Patrol will conduct a flyover. Lee Rubenstein, Post 404 Commander, will be the Master of Ceremony (MC).