9/11 Memorial Event

The Clear Lake Fire Department will be hosting a 9/11 Memorial Event on Monday, September 11th, beginning at 6pm. 
6pm: Music by the Clear Lake High School Band
6:10pm: Flag Raising and National Anthem
6:20: Helmet Ceremony
6:30pm Guest Speaker Captain Stephen Johnson, US Navy (retired)

Captain Johnson grew up not far from here in Rosemont, MN. Leaving Minnesota for the Illinois Institute of Technology, he embarked on a rather unusual Navy career spanning more than thirty years.
Captain Johnson served in several assignments as a nuclear submarine officer during the Cold War and as a department head on surface ships deployed to the Gulf War and to the Bosnian War. he commanded NATO's flagship during the Kosovo War and an Aegis Guided Missile Cruiser during the Iraq War. his duties as senior officer afloat during his Iraq deployment included commanding the Northern Persian Gulf Coalition Naval Forces. 
His next assignment was Chief of Staff of the John F. Kennedy Aircraft ground in Africa as Deputy Commander of the coalition ground and air forces operating in Yemen and the Horn of Africa.
And 23 years ago he was working in the Pentagon - the morning of September 11, 2001.