May 25: Memorial Day Ceremony at CLC
The 11th annual College of Lake County Memorial Day ceremony will take place at noon Friday, May 25 in the A Wing Auditorium (Room A011) at the Grayslake Campus, 19351 W. Washington St. The public is invited to attend.
The keynote speaker will be Allen J. Lynch '78, an Army veteran of the Vietnam War and recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. He was cited for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty, according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
After the war, Lynch settled in Gurnee and worked for the federal Department of Veterans Affairs as an advocate of benefits for disabled veterans. He later served as chief of the Illinois attorney general's Veterans Rights Bureau until his retirement in 2005. He also created the nonprofit Allen J. Lynch Medal of Honor Veterans Foundation, which provides stop-gap emergency funding for veterans and their families. Lynch continues to volunteer for the nonprofit Vietnam Veterans of America and is a liaison for the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
Other speakers include Richard A. Anderson, chair of the CLC Board of Trustees and an Army veteran. The master of ceremonies will be Andrew Tangen, an Afghan War veteran and superintendent of the Lake County Veterans Assistance Commission. Other speakers include Angel Andrade, vice president of CLC's Student Veterans Club and Joe Bochantin, CLC's veteran student services coordinator. Jim Reynolds, a bugler from the nonprofit Bugles Across America, will play taps.
Following the ceremony will be a luncheon for veterans in Room A013.
Parking is available in Lot 7; enter at the A1 door and proceed to the lower level A Wing.
For more information, call Bochantin at (847) 543-2293 or CLC's Veterans Services department at (847) 543-2018.