National Memorial Day Concert

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The Memorial Service for the Nation

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Join Us As We Honor the Service and Sacrifice of Our Men and Women in Uniform and their Families

The 2010 National Memorial Day Concert
Live on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol
In High Definition!

Sunday, May 30, from 8:00 to 9:30 pm ET (check local listings).

The 2010 National Memorial Day Concert will focus on three main themes: honoring the sacrifices, suffering and love of a new generation of young military widows whose fallen spouses served in Iraq and Afghanistan; paying tribute on the 60th anniversary of the Korean War to the heroic service of the soldiers who fought and perished; paying homage to the more than 125,000 WWI and WWII service members who did not come home but rest in 24 military cemeteries in the foreign lands where they fought for liberty.

The program is co-hosted for the fifth year by Emmy Award-winner Gary Sinise ("CSI: New York") and Tony Award-winner Joe Mantegna ("Criminal Minds"), two acclaimed actors who have dedicated themselves to veterans' causes and supporting our troops in active service. Joining them will be an all-star line-up of dignitaries, actors and musical artists.

For more than 20 years this top-rated annual program has honored the service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform, their families at home and all those who have given their lives for our country. The show is broadcast live in High Definition from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol before an expected live audience of hundreds of thousands, to millions more at home and, via American Forces Network to the nearly one million American service men and women, Department of Defense civilians and their families overseas, stationed at bases in 175 countries as well as 140 U.S. Navy ships at sea.

Program Sponsors

The National Memorial Day Concert is sponsored by Disabled American Veterans and Golden Corral Restaurants and is made possible by the National Park Service, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Department of the Army, the National Endowment for the Arts General Dynamics, and public television stations nationwide. All travel is provided by American Airlines.