Chinook Winds Casino hosts variety of military-themed commemorations and events beginning Thursday

Oregon Coast TODAY Flags and two traveling memorial walls will be set up at Chinook Winds Casino Resort for three days beginning Thursday for the county’s annual Celebration of Honor of military service.

 

By Oregon Coast TODAY

LINCOLN CITY — Each fall, the roar of motorcycle engines on U.S. Highway 101 signals the return of the Annual Celebration of Honor, Lincoln County’s solemn commemoration of military service.

As the event comes together, a motorcycle guard of honor escorts two traveling memorial walls to their temporary home at Chinook Winds Casino Resort — the Vietnam Veterans of America 805 Oregon Veteran Wall and the Vets Helping Vets HQ Wall of Honor.

The walls form the centerpiece of an event that Chinook Winds has spearheaded for 20 years, honoring active-duty personnel, military veterans and their families.

The Oregon Veteran Wall is a 24-by-8-foot replica of the national Vietnam War Memorial, engraved with the names of Oregon service members who died in the Vietnam War.

The Vets Helping Vets HQ Wall of Honor carries the names of service members killed in more recent conflicts, including Desert Storm, Desert Shield, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn and Operation Enduring Freedom.

Both will be available to view on the front lawn at Chinook Winds from Thursday through Saturday, Sept. 12-14.

Visitors can also view a display of vintage and current-day military vehicles, provided by the American Infantry Soldier Group, as well as an array of military flags.

The veteran services tent is back this year, open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

And at 2 p.m. Saturday there will be a re-dedication ceremony for the Desert Storm memorial located in front of the casino.

Chinook Winds is also sponsoring movie tickets and popcorn for veterans and active duty personnel at the Historic Bijou Theatre through Sept. 19. Just show your military ID to get into to the theater.

Elsewhere in town, Explore Lincoln City is joining the celebration with a special Finders Keepers float drop. Stealthy volunteers will hide 50 red-white-and-blue glass floats on the beach for lucky searchers to find from Wednesday through Saturday.

And Saturday will also see the Lincoln City Kiwanis Parade of Flags line Highway 101 with U.S. flags in a colorful celebration of patriotic pride.

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