This year marks two milestones at the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum. We are celebrating the 80th anniversary of the commissioning of the ship and 25th anniversary of her current mission as a museum on Veterans Day this year. As this is Veterans Day, we will be having our usual ceremonies to honor all who have served including a wreath laying. Following this will be an afternoon of guest speakers, open cockpits, extra food vendors, no host bars, an open island for touring, a flyover by the Memorial Squadron and more (looks like 2 flyovers-a 2 plane flight at 1:15 PM and a 5 plane flight at 2 PM).

As a thank you to our community for supporting us through the years, we would like to have a day of free admission so all can attend.

Schedule of events:

09:30 AM Doors Open

11:00 AM – 12:15 PM Veterans Day Ceremony Starts in Hangar Bay 3. Speakers include RADM Jonathan Yuen, VADM Daniel Dwyer (Alameda Native) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM (Weather permitting) Ribbon Cutting ceremony on Flight Deck and Flyover by Memorial Squadron and Duane Doyle/USS Hornet CEO Mark Epperson.

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Battle of Midway Panel in Hangar Bay 3 with Chuck Myers (USS Hornet Docent), Ian Toll (author of the Pacific War trilogy), Wes Tooke (writer and executive producer of the movie Midway) and Kurt Petruccelli (production designer on the movie Midway).

5:00 PM Ship closes

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