Town of Tewksbury Holds Veterans Day Ceremony and Blue Star Memorial Dedication

From the Town of Tewksbury:

TEWKSBURY, MA - Please join the Town of Tewksbury's Veterans Day Ceremony and Blue Star Memorial Dedication Friday, November 11th at 11:00 a.m. at Tewksbury Town Common, 1009 Main Street.

Program:

Master of Ceremonies………….……..Mr. Derek Welch Iraq/Afghanistan Veteran United States Army
Opening Prayer...……………………….Mr. Larry Sanford, Vietnam Veteran, Chaplain/Adjutant VFW Post 8164

Greetings from the town and introduction of our elected officials
Mr. Bruce Panilaitis, Chairman, Board of Selectmen

State Senator Barbara L’Italien

State Representative James Miceli

Pledge of Allegiance………………...Tewksbury Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts

Guest Speaker………..……………………….… Dr. Shannon Kane Slayton, MD, Iraq Veteran United States Army

Tewksbury Garden Club Blue Star Memorial Dedication

Betty Sanders, President of the Massachusetts Garden Club Federation
Marsha Ledbury, President of Tewksbury Garden Club

Presentation of wreaths to honor all our deceased service members

National Anthem ….………….……Tewksbury Memorial High School Band directed by Ms. Heather Ware
Taps and Echo…………………..……Tewksbury Memorial High School Band, directed by Ms. Heather Ware
Closing Song (God Bless America)……………….……..….Mrs. Arlene Wright and the Tewksbury Swinging Seniors

Major Kane Slayton received her direct commission as a Second Lieutenant from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 1992. After receiving her Doctor of Medicine degree in 1996, she did her residency training at the National Capital Consortium Pediatric Residency, located at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. From there she was stationed at Fort Riley in Kansas from 1999-2006 in which she held several physician and professional positions such as:

 Staff Pediatrician Primary Care Clinic 3, IACH, Fort Riley, KS
August 1999 - February 2005, February 2006 - May 2006
 Officer in Charge; Primary Care Clinic 3, IACH, Fort Riley, KS
August 2004 - December 2004
 Chief of Pediatrics, IACH, Fort Riley, KS
May 2003 – February 2005
 Medical Provider, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, 125th Forward Support Battalion, Camp Taji, Iraq
February 2005 – January 2006
While stationed at Fort Riley, she met her husband, Dr. Eric Slayton, MD who also served in the United States Army and is an Iraq Veteran. They now live in Maine with their three children.

Image via the Town of Tewksbury.