Sunday, November 11, 2018, 10:30am - 04:30pm

About The Event

Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice with Germany went into effect.  Join Fort McHenry staff and volunteers, and the Maryland Military Band in a program beginning at 10:30am.  The program will feature the music and poetry of the era, beginning with a reading of the poem "In Flanders Fields”, written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, hoisting of the 48-star flag, military music of the Great War, a moment of silence and the playing of taps as part of the nationwide program, “Sounds of Remembrance”.

As part of the ceremony at precisely 11:00 am (local times), buglers and trumpeters at Fort McHenry will join over 300 others from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War with a worldwide sounding of Taps and The Last Post, sponsored by Taps for Veterans.   (https://tapsforveterans.org/soundsofremembrance)

Contact : (410) 962-4290 x 250
Category: Performances & Creative Exhibition, Maryland, Commemoration & Memorial Events