PBS’s National Memorial Day Concert Lineup Includes Tributes To Vietnam War POWs, Gold Star Families
deadline.comPBS’s National Memorial Day Concert will return on May 28 with a lineup that includes a tribute to Vietnam War POWs and Gold Star families, as well as a commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice and a remembrance of World War II.
Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise will again host the event, which will take place at the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Those scheduled to appear include Trace Adkins, S.
Epatha Merkerson, John Slattery, Dulé Hill, Yolanda Adams, Mary McCormack, Jo Dee Messina, The War and Treaty, Chosen Jacobs, Phillip Phillips, Megan Hilty and Jack Everly conducting the National Symphony Orchestra.
The production is a signatory with the WGA under the public television agreement, which remains in effect. “Thanks to the ongoing contractual agreement between public television and the WGA, the National Memorial Day Concert on PBS is not affected by the WGA strike on commercial film and television.
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