VETERANS APPRECIATION WEEK KENTUCKY

Annually the Bluegrass Military Affairs Coalition (BMAC) facilitates Veterans Appreciation Week. The events provide the public with multiple opportunities to honor and express their appreciation to living veterans, remember the missing, commemorate the dead and recognize all who today bear arms to defend our Constitution, country and freedom. 

Please, take time to visit Veterans in area federal and state veterans hospitals and homes: VA Medical Center Cooper Drive and Leestown Road, Lexington, KY (859)233-4511; and, Thomson-Hood Veterans Center, Wilmore, KY (859)858-2814.

Veterans Day Observance 2011
Dinner, Patriotic Concert and Stage Play
THU 10 NOV 2011
NorthEast Christian Church
990 Star Shoot Parkway, Lexington KY 40509
(located near Hamburg)

A ticketed public event of Veterans Appreciation Week

5:45-6:45p
Vets Eat FREE Dinner
BMAC and Rafferty's will serve 500 dinners to Veterans, Military members, their families and civilians who wish to express their appreciation to those who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America.

OBTAIN TICKETS / VOUCHERS IN ADVANCE

DEADLINE for tickets/vouchers:  NOON WED 09 NOV 2011

Tickets/Vouchers available at:
Milward Funeral
Directors
1509 Trent Boulevard (off Man O' War)
391 Southland Drive
159 North Broadway (next to The Opera House)

and

HQ BMAC
128 E. Reynolds Rd. Suite 201

VOUCHERS: 
Veterans and Military Members with government I.D. cards, DD214, or current Veterans Service or Military Support organization membership cards.

TICKETS: 
$5 Civilian adults; $3 Youth 5-17; FREE for children 4 and under (with Voucher)

MENU:  Rafferty's potato soup or ham and bean soup; green salad; dessert; iced tea, lemonade and coffee.

Dinner for Veterans and Military Members is being provided by the generosity of Rafferty's.

6:30-6:55p
Patriotic Concert
While people are being served and enjoying dinner, they will be treated to a patriotic concert by Potter's Clay." The acclaimed vocal group volunteered to perform at this annual event to express the appreciation of its members to "Those Who Served," during Veterans Appreciation Week 2011.

7-9p
Program to Recognize Veterans and Stage Play

civilian

a docudrama about student Veterans at UK
This compelling documentary drama is based on riveting oral history interviews of student Veterans who served in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps during the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. It premiered at the 15th New York International Fringe Festival.  By noted playwright Herman Daniel Farrell III, the play tells a story of the tough transition from soldier-to-civilian. It dares to address a current brewing problem in America.  "Recently, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates expressed his concern that there is a growing divide between those who have served in the armed forces and the civilian populace," notes Farrell. "This play closely examines the current fraught relationship between civilians and Veterans while also conveying the heart-wrenching stories of men and women who served in the military in Iraq and Afghanistan, returned home and have struggled to make the transition back to civilian life." Some of the Veterans portrayed in the play will attend the event.

Contact BMAC for additional information 859.971.8737.

VETERANS APPRECIATION WEEK
PHOTO GALLERIES

2010 Community Veterans Day Observance

2010 Community Veterans Day Dinner

2010 WWII Memorial Re-dedication

2010 Veterans Park Elementary School Program



2009 Veterans Day Observance

2008 Veterans Day Observance

2007 Veterans Appreciation Dinner & Awards

2007 Salute to Women Veterans Luncheon

2006 Salute to Women Veterans Luncheon

2002 Veterans Day Observance

2001 Veterans Day Observance