Posted:
May 18, 2012
American Maritime Officers and STAR Center will host a National Maritime Day ceremony Tuesday, May 22 at AMO National Headquarters in Dania Beach, Fla.
The events will begin at 10:30 a.m. with a memorial gathering at the AMO plaque on the STAR Center grounds at 2 West Dixie Highway, followed by a ceremony in the AMO National Headquarters building at 601 S. Federal Highway at 11 a.m. AMO National President Tom Bethel will make the opening remarks. Percy MacDonald of the American Merchant Marine Veterans Gulfstream Chapter, Capt. Gregory Depinet, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Miami deputy commander, and Walter Duke, Dania Beach city commissioner, will also make presentations.
The event will take place on and is in recognition of National Maritime Day, established by Presidential proclamation in 1933 to honor the men and women of the U.S. merchant marine. Each year, the nation recognizes the service and sacrifice of these mariners in times of war throughout the nation's history, and their substantial contributions to national security and U.S. commerce.
In addition to this and many other observances across the nation, the Maritime Administration will hold a ceremony at the Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C. on May 22. The event will honor U.S. merchant mariners and the nation's proud traditions on National Maritime Day.
AMO and STAR Center to host National Maritime Day ceremony
American Maritime Officers and STAR Center will host a National Maritime Day ceremony Tuesday, May 22 at AMO National Headquarters in Dania Beach, Fla.
The events will begin at 10:30 a.m. with a memorial gathering at the AMO plaque on the STAR Center grounds at 2 West Dixie Highway, followed by a ceremony in the AMO National Headquarters building at 601 S. Federal Highway at 11 a.m. AMO National President Tom Bethel will make the opening remarks. Percy MacDonald of the American Merchant Marine Veterans Gulfstream Chapter, Capt. Gregory Depinet, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Miami deputy commander, and Walter Duke, Dania Beach city commissioner, will also make presentations.
The event will take place on and is in recognition of National Maritime Day, established by Presidential proclamation in 1933 to honor the men and women of the U.S. merchant marine. Each year, the nation recognizes the service and sacrifice of these mariners in times of war throughout the nation's history, and their substantial contributions to national security and U.S. commerce.
In addition to this and many other observances across the nation, the Maritime Administration will hold a ceremony at the Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C. on May 22. The event will honor U.S. merchant mariners and the nation's proud traditions on National Maritime Day.