A Conference to Honor Latter–day Saint Veterans

9:30–10:00 a.m. Registration

10:00–11:00 a.m. Opening Session (Room 2254)

• Flag Ceremony: Army ROTC


• Conducting: Robert Freeman (Director, Saints at War Project)


• Opening Hymn: “God Bless America”


• Invocation: Bro. Farrell Smith


• Musical Number: Alissa Freeman, “Patriotric Medley” by Marvin Goldstein


• Introduction of Speaker: COL Bruce Clawson, U.S. Army, retired (Director, LDS Military Relations)


• Keynote Address: Elder Lance B. Wickman (Emeritus member, First Quorum of the Seventy)

11:10–10:50 a.m. Group Breakout Sessions(Room 2254)

• COL Kenneth Alford, U.S. Army, retired (BYU associate professor of Church history
  and doctrine), “Saints at War: The Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq” (Room 2267)


• LTC Sherman Fleek, U.S. Army, retired (U.S. Military Academy command
  historian), “Two Heroes: Two Wars: LDS Medal of Honor Recipients” (Room 2265)


• Eugene J. Wikle (LDS district president, Kabul Afghanistan Military District,
  June 2008–June 2011), “Reaching Out to those Serving in Harm’s Way—Establishing
  the Church in Afghanistan” (Room 2295)

Noon–1:00 p.m. Lunch and Entertainment (Room 2260)

• Blessing on the Luncheon: Bro. Howard Bradshaw


• Entertainment provided by: The New Hot 5

1:15–2:30 p.m. Concluding Session (Room 2254)

• Premiere showing of the BYU documentary, Saints at War: Viet Nam


• Benediction: Bro. Claude Newby

Note: Be sure to stop by the artifact displays to view memorabilia from various conflicts provided by veterans and their families.

Thank you for joining us this special day!