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Hosts
Dan Margolies
Featured Speakers
Michael Stern, conductor
Jim Birdsall, narrator
Program
Heroic Fanfare
by Paul Murtha
Star Spangled Banner
Airman First Class Melissa Edgmon, soloist
"Guadalcanal March" from Victory at Sea
by Richard Rogers
Three Dance Episodes from "On The Town"
by Leonard Bernstein
Gardens of Stone
by James A. Beckel Jr.
Jim Birdsall, narrator
Sing-Along, America!
Various arr. by James Stephenson
Airman First Class Melissa Edgmon, soloist
God Be With Our Boys Tonight
by Wifrid Sanderson and Fred G. Bowles
John Brancy, baritone
Theme from "To Kill A Mockingbird"
by Elmer Bernstein
Jim Birdsall, narrator
Summon the Heroes
by John Williams
Armed Forces Salute
Taps
Staff Sergeant Matthew Kirkpatrick, trumpet
Danny Boy
Trad. arr. By Peter Dugan
John Brancy, baritone
Amazing Grace
by John Newton arr. by Don Hart
Sly James, soloist
Heroes Lost
by Don Hart
Liberty Fanfare
by John Williams
Midway March
by John Williams
The Thunderer March
by John Philip Sousa
God Bless America
by Irving Berlin arr. by Carmen Dragon
Airman First Class Melissa Edgmon, soloist
1812 Overture Solennelle, op. 49
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Stars and Stripes Forever
by John Philip Sousa
Fireworks and recorded medley
