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When:
May 27, 2019 @ 2:00 pm
2019-05-27T14:00:00-05:00
2019-05-27T14:15:00-05:00
Where:
Historic Ritz Theatre
115 Court St N
Talladega, AL 35160
USA
115 Court St N
Talladega, AL 35160
USA
Cost:
Free
WE WERE SOLDIERS is the critically acclaimed 2002 American war
film starring Mel Gibson. Based on the book We Were Soldiers Once…
and Young (1992) by Lt. General Hal Moore and reporter Joseph L
Galloway, the film dramatizes the Battle of la Drang in Vietnam on
November 14, 1965, the first major battle of the Vietnam War.
The film screening will be the culmination of programs planned
for Memorial Day on Monday, May 27, which begin at 11:00 am in
the Historic Ritz Theatre. The Ritz program will feature remarks by
Major General Sheryl Gordon, Adjutant General of the Alabama
National Guard and the first woman to hold the command.