Sallisaw's Veterans Day Ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday on the lawn at Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library.
Judy Martens, executive director of the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce, which is organizing the salute, said the program includes the following:
Mayor Shannon Vann will be master of ceremonies. Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) will raise the flag. Vann will lead the Pledge of Allegiance. Holly Martens will sing the national anthem. Newt Hewett will lead the opening prayer. Kristen Smith will present a musical selection. State Sen. Kenneth Corn (D-Poteau) will speak. Kristen Smith will sing "America the Beautiful." Mrs. Bobbie Drake will place the wreath. Linda Watts will present a special reading. Tom Long and Ed Watts will make a memorial presentation in memory of the late Roland resident Spc. Lyle W. Rymer who was killed in Iraq. Holly Martens will sing "Amazing Grace." Vernon Lawrence will present the closing prayer. Members of the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans and VFW will present the 21-gun salute. Aaron Taylor and Colton Jasna will play taps.