Commemoration Veterans' Day at Northfield Common 11 November 2021
Sponsored by Sorell-Maynard American Legion, Post #63
World War One Armistice was signed at Compiegne, France 1111 hours on 11 November 1918.
We invite you to a remembrance commemoration of that event one hundred and three years later.
Two Hundred sixteen Northfield Citizens served during the First World War. One of the first Vermont soldier's killed was Captain Phillip Sherman, a Norwich University graduate class of 1907. He was aboard the troop ship Tuscania when it was sunk by the Germans. Captain Sherman was married to Marie Beryl Hildreth of Northfield.
Private Wilmer Sorell enlisted in Company F, 1st Vermont Infantry, Northfield, Vermont. He died of wounds in Gorieux, France and returned to the United States buried at Arlington Cemetery.
We invite you to honor all Veterans who have served and are serving today.
Today we invite you to honor the Families of our Veterans.
MG Greg Knight, Adjutant General, Vermont National Guard will be our featured Speaker.
Maj. Gen. Gregory Knight is the Adjutant General, Vermont National Guard, having been selected by the Vermont legislature in 2019. General Knight has 35 years of uniformed service, 22 years of commissioned service and 13 years of prior enlisted service. He started his enlisted career with the U.S. Coast Guard in October 1983, serving six years and separating from the service as a Yeoman Second Class (E-5) in October 1989. Following his service with the Coast Guard, General Knight pursued a career in Vermont law enforcement, serving four years as a Burlington Police Officer and seven years as the Chief Liquor Investigator with the Department of Liquor Control.
Concurrent with his law enforcement career, General Knight continued his military career as a traditional Guardsman, serving seven years with the Vermont Air National Guard as a Security Forces Specialist. General Knight joined the Vermont Army National Guard in 1997, obtaining his commission and serving three years as a traditional National Guard officer. General Knight was selected for Active Guard and Reserve duty in June of 2000, and served in this status until his election as Vermont Adjutant General. MG Knight served in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) as part of the War on Terror.
COMMISIONING SOURCE:
1997, Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia
EDUCATIONAL DEGREES:
2001, Johnson State College, Bachelor of Arts, History, Johnson, Vermont
2015, Post University, Master of Education, Waterbury, Connecticut
2016, United States Navy War College, Master of Arts, National Security and Strategic Studies, Newport, Rhode Island
MILITARY SCHOOLS ATTENDED:
2016, United States Navy War College, (in-residence), Newport, Rhode Island
Please join us at Northfield Commons, in front of the Civil War Obilisk to join in a short ceremony of remembrance to honor our Veterans.
Michael Krause
802-485-8261
mdetlefk@aol.com
Program of Events
Northfield Commons
American Legion Post #63
Welcome – Commander Jeff Ott
Pledge of Alliance
Presentation United States of America Flag – National Anthem
Remembering our Wars
• American Revolution
• War of 1812
• Mexican – American War
• Civil War
• Spanish-American War
• World War I
• World War II
• Korean War
• Vietnam War
• Kuwait - Desert Shield Desert Storm
• War on Terror
o Afghanistan - Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)
o Iraq –Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
Wreath Laying
• MG Gregory Knight
• Commander Jeff Ott
Guest Speaker – MG Gregory Knight
Prayer
End of Ceremony
You are cordially invited for refreshments at the American Legion Hall.