(3:30 PM -- Ribbon ceremony outside at Gateway Plaza at Wilshire
and San Vicente Boulevards, weather permitting)
REMINDER, March 27, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Because of security considerations, this is an invitation-only event. Press I.D. is required.
Program
Master of Ceremonies - Richard Anderson, actor and board member
of Veterans Park Conservancy
Invocation - Chief Chaplain Michael Vasquez
Presentation of Colors - 40th Division Artillery,
California National Guard
National Anthem - Air National Guard Band
Pledge of Allegiance - Major General Gwynn H. Robinson, Ret. and
president, Veterans Park Conservancy
Opening Remarks - Richard Anderson
Kevin Dobson - actor and veteran
Zev Yaroslavsky, Supervisor 3rd District - Proclamation from
County of L.A.
Thomas V. Jones - founder and owner of Moraga Vineyards, board member
of Veterans Park Conservancy and co-chair of Veterans Park
Conservancy Leadership Committee
Air National Guard Ceremonial Brass Quintet
Charles Dorman - Director, Greater LA Healthcare System
Lisa Pinto - Field Deputy, Congressman Henry Waxman, 30th District
Peter Mullin - co-chair of Veterans Park Conservancy Leadership
Committee, chairman of Mullin Consulting, Inc.
Introduction of Honored Guests - Richard Anderson
Anticipated Honored Guests, Include:
Carolina Winston Barrie -- descendent to Arcadia Bandini De Baker
family, donors of the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs property
Charles Dorman -- chief executive officer of the Greater Los Angeles
VA Healthcare System
Sheila Kuehl -- California State Senator
Richard Riordan -- former Mayor of Los Angeles
Bill Rosendahl -- Los Angeles Councilman, District 11
Antonio Villaraigosa -- Mayor of Los Angeles
Jack Weiss -- Los Angeles Councilman, District 5
Gayle Wilson -- former First Lady of California
Presented By: Veterans Park Conservancy in partnership with the
Department of Veterans Affairs, Greater Los Angeles
Healthcare System.
Where: West of the Wadsworth Theatre and south of Eisenhower.
Parking: Lot No. 10 off Eisenhower -- Wadsworth Theatre
Parking Lot.