Sarasota News Leader
May 24, 2013
The Venice ceremony, hosted by Veterans of
Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8118, will begin at
10 a.m. Monday, May 27, at Patriots Park at the
northern junction of Business 41 and Bypass
41. The guest speaker will be Randy Smith,
who, as a 17-year-old Marine, lowered the flag
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at the American Embassy in Saigon on April
29, 1975, the release notes. "He left on one of
the last helicopters departing from Vietnam,"
it adds.
Attendees to the events should bring their
own chairs. Water will be provided, the
release says.
Flags fly at Patriots park in Venice. Photo by Norman Schimmel
