Remembering Florida’s Fallen coming to Tarpon Springs campus of SPC

Events

The Remembering Florida’s Fallen photo exhibit is coming to the

St. Petersburg College Tarpon Springs Campus

from Tuesday, November 8th through Sunday, November 20th – details are below.

Congressman Bilirakis will be participating in the ceremony on November 10th at noon.

 

Remembering Florida’s Fallen is a war memorial photo exhibit

created to remember our state’s Fallen from the War on Terror

since September 11, 2001.

 

This exhibit includes military and personal photos of our

Fallen who called Florida home and died from wounds suffered

in the war zone while wearing our country’s uniform.

 

Join Us for a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Thursday, November 10th at Noon

 

This very special, one-of-a-kind, exhibit will be on display from

Tuesday, November 8th  through Sunday November 20th

at the

St. Petersburg College, Tarpon Springs Campus, Fine Arts Building

600 Klosterman Road, Tarpon Springs, Florida 34689

 

Please contact Keenan Knopke at Curlew Hills Memory Gardens

kknopke@curlewhills.com for additional information

 

“Remembering Florida’s Fallen” Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Leepa-Rattner Museum of  Art, St. Petersburg College, Tarpon Springs Campus

600 East Klosterman Road, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689

 

Thursday, November 10, 2016  12 noon:

*Welcome- Keenan Knopke, President and CEO Curlew Hills Memory Gardens, Palm Harbor, FL

*Remarks- Mike Bousher , Florida State Council President Vietnam Veterans of America

*Presentation of Colors- Vietnam Veterans of America, Pinellas County Chapter 522

*Opening Prayer- Jean Uffalussy, Chaplain, American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. Tampa Bay and Gold Star Mother of USMC SSGT Patrick R. Dolphin

*Pledge of Allegiance – T man, Ride Captain, Patriot Guard Rider

*National Anthem – St. Petersburg College Student

*Brief Remarks- Dr. William D. Law, Jr., President, St. Petersburg College

*Brief Remarks- Joe D. Battle , Medical Center Director of the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital and Clinics, Tampa, FL

*Brief Remarks- Congressman Gus M.  Bilirakis, Florida District 12

*Acknowledgement of Gold Star Families in attendance and brief remarks – USAF MSGT John Harper, (r), served at Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware,

with the Dental Evidence Response Team at the Dover Port Mortuary.

*Ribbon Cutting- Gold Star families

*Gratitude- Dr. Marvin Bright, Provost, St. Petersburg College, Tarpon Springs Campus

*Closing Prayer- Jean Uffalussy, Chaplain, American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. Tampa Bay and Gold Star Mother of USMC SSGT Patrick R. Dolphin

*Closing Remarks – Keenan Knopke

To be followed by a reception serving “Frankie’s Patriot BBQ”

About Jeff Cavanagh

Jeff Cavanagh spent his freshman year at St. Petersburg Junior College back in the early 70s before enlisting in the United States Navy. Soon after, he attended Jacksonville University on a Navy ROTC scholarship. After college, he was commissioned and became a qualified Surface Warfare Officer spending the next 22 years honing his skills as a ship-handler and expert recruiter before retiring in 1994. Jeff expresses a deep sense of pride in St. Petersburg College due to connections that go back many years. His father, Tom Cavanagh, was a career Air Force fighter pilot and combat veteran who taught Geography and Western Civilization at St. Petersburg Junior College in the 60’s and 70’s.