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Gary Sinise Discusses This Year's 'National Memorial Day Concert'
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BROADCAST LIVE FROM THE WEST-LAWN OF THE U-S-CAPITOL, THE 2011
"NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT" WILL BE CO-HOSTED--FOR THE SIXTH
YEAR--BY EMMY-AWARD-WINNER GARY SINISE, AND TONY-AWARD-WINNER JOE
MANTEGNA. SINISE DESCRIBES WHAT WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED THIS YEAR...
(SINISE):
"WE'LL BE
FEATURING A 10-YEAR COMMEMORATION OF SEPTEMBER 11TH. WE'LL ALSO
HAVE A POIGNANT STORY, OF A WOMAN WHO LOST HER FATHER IN VIETNAM--AND
HOW HER EXPERIENCES ARE HELPING A NEW GENERATION OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE
SUFFERED THE SAME LOSS, AFTER THEIR PARENTS SERVED IN IRAQ AND
AFGHANISTAN."
(CLOSE):
THIS YEAR'S PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE: GENERAL COLIN POWELL; FOREST
WHITAKER; "AMERICAN IDOL"-WINNER KRIS ALLEN; DIANNE WIEST;
B-B KING; YOLANDA ADAMS; JASON RITTER; AND PIA
TOSCANO--IN PERFORMANCE WITH THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
THE 2011 "NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT" WILL AIR LIVE, IN HIGH DEFINITION,
ON P-B-S, SUNDAY, MAY 29TH, FROM EIGHT TO NINE-30 P-M,
EASTERN; CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS, FOR THE TIME IN YOUR AREA. FOR MORE
INFORMATION, VISIT
"P-B-S"-DOT-ORG-SLASH-"MEMORIAL-DAY-CONCERT".
