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Sarasota News Leader November 8, 2013 Page 73 CITY OF SARASOTA ANNOUNCES EVENTS FOR VETERANS TRIBUTE WEEK Sarasota Vice Mayor Willie Shaw, a military veteran, will help kick off Veterans Tribute Week with a ceremony on Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 11, at 1 p.m. at the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex (RLTCC), located at 1834 34th St. in Sarasota. The event will be free and open to the public, a news release points out. A keynote address will be delivered by former Tuskegee Airman George Hardy, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Air Force. Following the program, the documentary Veterans of Color, which features Shaw, will be shown, the release adds. Vice Mayor Willie Shaw will help kick off Veterans Tribute Week on Nov. 11. Photo by Norman Schimmel • Veterans of Color: Enjoy this documen"As a veteran and the District 1 City tary, the result of collaboration between Commissioner, I'm proud to have these the Association for the Study of African exhibits on display at the Robert L. Taylor American Life and History and the Veterans Community Complex," said Shaw in the History Project (Nov. 11-15). Meet the filmrelease. "There will be many different ways maker and featured veterans on Nov. 11. to learn about the courage and sacrifice of military veterans, including the vast contribu- • Take our Stand — the African American Military Experience in the Age of Jim tions of minorities. I look forward to a week Crow: On loan from the American Civil War of remembrance, education and enlightenCenter, this film tells the stories of nearly 2 ment for the community." million men and women who served from Shaw served in the Air Force during the the time of the Spanish-American War's outbreak in 1898 until the military's integration Vietnam era, from 1967-1971. in 1948 (Nov. 11-15). A variety of free activities will take place Nov. 11-15 at RLTCC, the release continues. Among • Wall of Gratitude: Post a sentiment on a free-standing, interactive chalkboard, them are the following: where the public can salute hometown • Red Tail Squadron Exhibit: Step inside a heroes with words of appreciation and suptraveling immersion exhibit featuring the port (Nov. 11-15). original film Rise Above on an 160-degree panoramic screen in a 30-seat, tempera- The RLTCC exhibits will be open at 2 p.m. ture-controlled theatre. The Rise Above Nov. 11; from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 12; from exhibit highlights the courage and deter- 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 13-14; and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 15. mination of the Tuskegee Airmen, who overcame obstacles to train and fight as For more information about Veterans Tribute Army Air Corps pilots (Nov. 11-15). Week at the Taylor Complex, call 954-4182.