Program announced for CCC statue dedication
The Kansas CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) worker statue will be unveiled at 2 p.m. Saturday at Marion County Lake near the intersection of Upland Road and Lakeshore Drive.
The six-foot bronze statue is the 28th to be erected in the United States and is a memorial to the 38,136 Kansans who served in the CCC throughout the country from 1933-1942.
The ceremony will include participants from across the state and a CCC alumni association representative from South Carolina. Everyone is invited to attend. Bring lawn chairs.
Don Jolley will be master of ceremonies. He is a resident of Marion County Lake and past president of the National Recreation and Park Association.
The program will include:
"America the Beautiful" - bagpiper Lonny Liljegren
Flat salute - led by Bill Holdeman, CCC alumnus
Invocation - Rev. Robert Priest
Welcome - Dale Snelling, superintendent of Marion County Park and Lake
Remarks - Don Jolley
Address - "History of the CCC and Present Day Activities," Walter Atwood, president of the National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni
Introduction of CCC alumni
"Scotland the Brave" - Lonny Liljegren
Remarks - Keth Sexson, assistant secretary for operations, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (representing secretary Mike Hayden)
Remarks - Judge William Randolph Carpenter, Topeka
Unveiling of statue
"Amazing Grace" - Lonny Liljegren
"Taps" - Dwight Beckham Sr., Marion County Lake resident
Refreshments will be served at Kingfisher's Inn immediately after the program until 4 p.m.
