Events
Memorial Day and Dedication Ceremony
Saturday, May 27th 2023 9:30 a.m.
We hope you will be able to join us as we celebrate the men and women who put on a uniform for the United States of America and honor the new men and women being added to our Alpine Veterans Wall of Honor.
The event will feature stories from veterans and their families, patriotic music, and updates from important groups serving our veterans.
We are looking forward to seeing all of you again and showing our love for the United States of America.
The Alpine Veterans Wall of Honor Committee
Dan Foster, Chairman
Jan Bazdorf, Secretary
Committee Members Theo Bazdorf, Jack Gauthier, Greg Mac Neil, Bill Ridenour, John Rizzo
For photos of our Veterans Day Celebration held in 2022, please visit our Facebook page.
Memorable Past Events:
"Remembering Our Fallen" Exhibit Feb 23 - March 6, 2015
We had the honor of hosting a traveling state exhibit of the California men and women who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan during the War on Terrorism at the Alpine Community Center between Monday, February 23rd and Friday, March 6th, 2015. The Alpine Community Center is located at 1830 Alpine Blvd., Alpine CA.
The exhibit consisted of approximately 710 heroes whose families gave permission to Patriotic Productions for their remembrance to be on display.
For more information about the traveling exhibit, please visit www.patrioticproductions.org.
Memorial Day Celebration Monday, May 26, 2014
Hundreds gathered for our 4th Annual Memorial Day Celebration in the Alpine Community Center Park.
Master of Ceremonies Herb Cawthorne began the program with some background on how the Wall of Honor was created. After an opening song by soloist Peter Hastings, veterans were honored by a flyover of refurbished World War II biplanes flown by the Buecker Squadron.
A patriotic mini-concert by the San Diego Festival Chorus was next.
Chairman Dan Foster gave thanks to our veterans on behalf of the Alpine Veterans Wall of Honor Committee and Retired U.S. Congressman Duncan L Hunter assisted Dan in making a special presentation honoring SGT Forrest Dan Cauthorn who gave his life to his country in Iraq.
The Alpine Kiwanis cook shack was on hand at serving meal deals.
Thanks go to Photographer Rod Hinrichsen for the photo above.
Videos
Below are videos taken from Groundbreaking in January 2011 through the Memorial Day Dedication in 2011:
What the Alpine Veteran's Wall Means to Veterans
Announcement of Memorial Day Celebration
Wall of Honor Groundbreaking January 2011
Videos in the section above on this website were filmed by Ron Cook, photojournalist with Instant Buzz Media, who has dedicated many hours of volunteer time in support of the Alpine Veterans Wall of Honor. He hopes to produce a documentary about the Wall at a later date.
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