Nineteenth Annual Veterans Day Commemoration Ceremony

ARLINGTON VETERANS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, ARLINGTON ROTARY CLUB, AND HEROES OF SOUTH VIETNAM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
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Cordially Invite You And Your Guests To Attend Events Honoring Our Veterans

Wednesday, November 11, 2026 at Arlington Veterans Park Memorial
Spanish Trail at 3600 West Arkansas Lane, Arlington, Texas 76015
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
• 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Nineteenth Annual Veterans Day Commemoration Ceremony
• 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. Complimentary luncheon at Park Pavilion

FEATURED SPEAKER

LT COL MICHAEL W. MENEFEE, USMCR (Ret.)

Colonel Menefee is a 30 year retired veteran of the Marines. After winning a low military lottery draft number, he enlisted in the USMC Technical Training Program in 1971. He graduated from USMC Boot Camp in the top 10% with two years of college. When he completed the required schools and training programs, he was selected for the Enlisted Commissioning Program and meritoriously promoted to Sergeant. He earned an A.A. degree from USNY, a Navy Campus for Achievement College, and was commissioned in 1973 after graduating in the top 10% from USMC Officer Candidate School. Later, he earned his B.S. from USNY, and an MSA (Administration) degree from Central Michigan. Colonel Menefee served as an Infantry Officer but spent but spent most of his career as an Intelligence Officer. He retired in 2001 from the Pentagon after serving on the Joint Staff (J-2) with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). His duties with the DIA included Analyst, Briefer, Deputy Director of Intelligence, currency intelligence, drug trafficking, money laundering, and liaison to the CIA and State Department.

Attendees are invited to join us for a complimentary American barbeque and Vietnamese food luncheon at the park pavilion immediately following the commemoration ceremony. To make your reservations for the complimentary luncheon and for more information about these events, contact James Runzheimer at 817-795-2020 or james@runzheimerlaw.com.