2022 National Memorial Day Concert Broadcast Live From DC Sunday Night

WASHINGTON, DC — PBS will broadcast the Nationwide Memorial Day Live performance dwell from Washington, D.C. on Sunday. This would be the thirty third 12 months the annual all-star occasion honors the women and men who served within the U.S. armed forces, in addition to their households and people who sacrificed their lives for his or her nation.

Tony Award-winner Joe Mantegna and Emmy Award-winner Gary Sinise, who’ve devoted themselves to supporting the troops and veterans’ causes, might be internet hosting as soon as once more. The live performance may even function particular appearances and performances by Jean Sensible, Gil Birmingham, Mary McCormack, Dennis Haysbert, Lea Salonga, Norm Lewis, Craig Morgan, Rhiannon Giddens, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Pia Toscano with the Nationwide Symphony Orchestra.

PBS might be broadcasting the 2022 Nationwide Memorial Day Live performance dwell from 8-9:30 p.m. ET, on Sunday. PBS stations from across the nation might be carrying the 90-minute live performance, which may even be streamed and proven on YouTube, beginning at 8 p.m.

This 12 months’s live performance will embrace the next specifically themed segments:

• Gen. Colin L. Powell Remembrance – Dennis Haysbert of “24” and “Main League” honors the reminiscence of the twelfth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Workers and the sixty fifth U.S. Secretary of State.
• Generations of Service – Gil Birmingham of “Yellowstone” and “Wind River” will carry out a tribute to the over 58,000 Individuals who misplaced their lives within the Vietnam Conflict and people who served through the Vietnam period.
• Honoring Gold Star Households – Jean Sensible of “Hacks” and “Mare of Easttown” joins Joe Mantegna in sharing the inspiring story of retired Maj. Gen. Mark Graham and his spouse Carol, who misplaced each their sons, 2nd Lt. Jeff Graham and Senior ROTC Cadet Kevin Graham, to an IED and despair, respectively, in underneath eight months.
• Girls in WWII Tribute – Mary McCormack of “Heels” and “West Wing” honors the ladies in uniform and people who served on the house entrance throughout World Conflict II.
• Medal of Honor Tribute – Gary Sinese might be joined by Medal of Honor recipients on this tribute to those that acquired the nation’s highest award for valor in fight.
• Lincoln Memorial one centesimal Anniversary – The live performance will mark the one centesimal anniversary of the monument devoted to President Lincoln.

This 12 months’s Nationwide Memorial Live performance may even function performances by musical teams from the Army District of Washington, D.C., together with the U.S. Military Herald Trumpets, The U.S. Military Refrain, The Troopers’ Refrain of the U.S. Military Area Band, The U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters, The U.S. Air Pressure Singing Sergeants, the Armed Forces Coloration Guard and Service Coloration Groups.

The Nationwide Memorial Day Live performance is underwritten by the Horatio Alger Affiliation of Distinguished Individuals. It’s also made attainable by grants from the Nationwide Park Service, the Company for Public Broadcasting, the Division of the Military, Basic Dynamics, PBS and public tv stations nationwide.