Nov11

Illinois and The Great War: Honoring the Armistice

Rosehill Cemetery, 5800 N. Ravenswood, Chicago, IL

Patti Ecker and Don Sherman will present a music and spoken-word program titled “Illinois and The Great War: Honoring the Armistice” to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armistice on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 11:00 am at Rosehill Cemetery May Chapel, 5800 N. Ravenswood, Chicago, IL.This special program will include popular WWI songs (sung by Patti) and firsthand accounts from Illinois war veterans, nurses and volunteers (read by Don).Reenactors will represent all periods in American military history for a tribute. Staring with the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, The Civil War, the Spanish-American War, WWI, WWII, Korea , Vietnam and also the current Afghanistan/Iraq War impressions.