Pan Am Flight 103 Memorial Cairn
On December 21 at 1:30PM the Pender UMC Choir traditionally sings for the Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie) Memorial Service at Arlington National Cemetery.
Last year was my first time experiencing this service and it was so touching. One of the songs we sang is traditionally sung at this service – “Under His Wings”, which was composed in memory of the victims. Last year was the 23rd anniversary of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing. A C-Span video of last year’s event (video run time is 1 hr 3 min): http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Flight10
Last year’s speakers included:
Eric Holder, United States Attorney General
Robert Mueller, FBI Director
Frank Mulholland, Lord Advocate of Scotland
Ali Aujali, Libyan Ambassador to the Unites States
John O. Brennan, Deputy National Security Advisor and Assistant to the President
Brian Murtagh, Department of Justice Prosecutor for the Lockerbie case
For a full remarks about last year’s service, including speaker’s notes, please see http://www.victimsofpanamflight103.org/events/2011/arlington
Here’s a timeline of the event, December 21, 1988:
Extraordinary Response Pan Am 103
A summary of the Memorial Service from 2008, the 20th anniversary:
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