Alert for
Pat Boone's 'Memorial Day Weekend' events in
DC...Weekend Highlights: National Guard Anthem
Debut; First Ever 'G.I. Film Festival';
Headliner, 'Rolling Thunder' 20th Anniv.;
Memorial Day Parade 'Honorary Marshal'
WASHINGTON, May 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- To celebrate his 50th year in show business,
entertainment legend Pat Boone is celebrating in
a big way and heading to
Washington, DC, for a series of Memorial Day weekend festivities where
he'll take center stage to promote a new anthem
and historical documentary he's created for the
National Guard, titled "For My Country."
Fri., May 25, 10 AM, National Press Club:
On Fri., May 25, Boone will be joined by
Congressmen and Generals of
the National Guard at the National Press Club
(Murrow Room) to unveil "For My Country," said
to be the first ever anthem and documentary
dedicated solely to the 369 year-old National
Guard.
Sat., May 26, 6 PM, First ever "G.I. Film
Festival" Ronald Reagan Intl.
Trade Center
On Saturday, the famous entertainer, equally
renowned for his trademark white buck shoes,
will attend, along with Gary Sinise and other
stars, the debut G.I. Film Festival, at the
Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, where
Boone will introduce the world premier of the
"For My Country" companion documentary.
Sun., May 27, 11:30 AM, "Rolling Thunder 20th
Anniv." event, west end
reflecting pool
For Sunday's 20th anniversary of "Rolling
Thunder," the massive bikers
get together, Boone will perform as one of the
event's headliners,
accompanied by the musical group, "VALOR" who are also featured on the "For My Country"
track.
Mon., May 28, 1:30 PM, "Memorial Day Parade"
(pre show), National
Archives Bldg.
On Monday, Memorial Day, Boone will preside as
"Honorary Marshal" for
the paralyzed veterans in the Washington, DC,
Memorial Day Parade, which attracts upwards of
150,000 spectators.
Along with "VALOR," Boone will also perform at
the parade pre show
event in front of the National Archives
building.
Profits from the sale of the "For My Country"
CD/DVD will benefit the
Paralyzed Veterans of America (http://www.pva.org).
Boone, 72, has just written a lushly illustrated
autobiography, "Pat
Boone's America" ($24.99), where he talks about
what it was like to have
Elvis as his opening act, sell forty-five
million records, star as one of
the youngest stars ever to host his own network
TV show, and headline 15 major films. Married
for 53 years to the daughter of country music
legend "Red" Foley, Pat has enjoyed a career
that's allowed him to befriend presidents, prime
ministers (he's a special ambassador for Israel)
and entertainment royalty, from Sinatra to Bobby
Darin.
