Rockville will honor U.S. military veterans with a Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 11, at Veterans Park.
The event will take place at the intersection of MD 28 and Rockville Pike. Free parking is available at Sandy Spring Bank, 611 Rockville Pike.
The public is invited to attend the ceremony. Highlights include a wreath-laying, a presentation of colors, and a rifle salute led by American Legion Post 86. A reception will follow at American Legion Post 86, 2013 Veirs Mill Road.
Retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dominic Russoli will be the guest speaker. Russoli served 22 years in the Air Force. His roles included weapons technician and aide to the 9th Air Force commander at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. He moved to Washington, D.C., in 1983 to serve as an aide to the Air Force’s vice chief of staff at Bolling Air Force Base. From 1985 to 2001, he served as an aircrew member with the 89th Military Airlift Wing. In this role, he supported Air Force One and served with the D.C. Air National Guard.
Since retiring in 2001, Russoli has worked as an analyst and inspector for the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General. A Rockville resident for 22 years, he is also an oil painter. He remains active in the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville, where he serves as a committee co-chair and lay minister.
For more information on Rockville’s Veterans Day ceremony, visit www.rockvillemd.gov/veteransday.
