Celebrities to Visit Eastern High School Band in Preparation for National Memorial Day Parade

Celebrities to Visit Eastern High School Band in Preparation for National Memorial Day Parade

James McEachin and Pat Boone to 'jam' with local DC High School Marching Band in Parade Rehearsal

MEDIA AVAILABILITY AND PHOTO OPP TODAY!!

WASHINGTON, May 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- DC's own Eastern High School Band will lead the National Memorial Day Parade down Constitution Avenue at 2 p.m. on Monday -- but will have special visitors at their Friday band rehearsal at 1:30. Singer Pat Boone, Billboard Magazine's #10 rock recording artist in history, and actor James McEachin, most noted as the first African American man to have his own show on NBC "Tenafly" and as Lieutenant Brock in the Perry Mason movie series, will also take part in the parade. McEachin has also been awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart for his service during the Korean War.

   WHAT:   Media Availability (interviews) and Photo Op w/ Eastern High           School Band, singer Pat Boone and Actor James McEachin as they           prepare to lead Monday's National Memorial Day Parade.    WHEN:   Friday, May 25, 2007 at 1:30 P.M.    WHERE:  Eastern Senior High School stadium (between A Street and E Capitol           St., and between 17th and 19th St.)           1700 East Capitol Street, NE, Washington D.C.   

For more information call Tim Holbert at 703/302-1012, ext. 220 or e-mail tholbert@americanveteranscenter.org.

                   The 2007 National Memorial Day Parade                 Presented by the American Veterans Center                            May 28, 2007   2:00 PM                               Washington, DC                            Constitution Avenue                  http://www.nationalmemorialdayparade.com/   

CONTACT: Tim Holbert +1-703-302-1012 ext. 220 or Ian Walters, +1-202-321-0715, both of American Veterans Center

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Source: American Veterans Center

CONTACT: Tim Holbert +1-703-302-1012 ext. 220 or Ian Walters,
+1-202-321-0715, both of American Veterans Center

Web site: http://www.nationalmemorialdayparade.com/
http://www.americanveteranscenter.com/

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