2018 Troops In the Spotlight Memorial Day in Hyannis MA
The 14th Annual Troops in the Spotlight Sunday May 27 thru Monday May 28th Capetown Plaza Route 132 Hyannis, MA starting at 12 noon.
You can come for 10 minutes, an hour, the afternoon, evening, anytime… 24 hours straight thru event to honor our military.
This is a great family event. Opening Ceremony will honor our WW2, Korea, Iraq, and Afghanistan Veterans. A special ceremony beginning at 3pm.(Sunday) will honor our Vietnam Veterans. The Department of Defense recognizes Cape Cod Cares for the Troops a Commemorative Partner to appreciate and honor our Vietnam War Veterans for their service, valor and sacrifice. We invite all Vietnam War Veterans to participate in this ceremony. Each veteran will be introduced, thanked for their service, presented with a gift, and then officially welcomed home. After a short ceremony the Official Vietnam War Commemoration Flag will be presented and proudly flown until the closing ceremony of Troops in the Spotlight. The is invited and encouraged to be part of this event and give our Veterans the welcome home they never received. it’s never too late for a grateful nation to thank and honor our Vietnam Veterans.
Join us for a BBQ lunch, send a video message to our deployed troops, donate items for care packages, visit the Iraq/Afghanistan Memorial Wall, Kid’s Tent ( with arts & crafts, games, free raffles, and face painting), tour many types of military vehicles, support the troops raffles, music, car show (from 4-7pm), midnight ceremony to honor the beginning of Memorial Day, sign our Support the Troops Banner which will be sent to one of our deployed units. More to be announced…
You can help by bringing items needed for care packages, make a monetary donation, write out a few cards and letters to go in our care packages, and most of all please plan to attend anytime during this 24 hour event.
“Cape Flyer” passenger train will provide FREE transportation from Boston’s South Station to Hyannis, making several stops along the way.
