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Veterans Advisory Committee Minutes May 28,2019 Page 15 Chair Doolittle: So on 6/22 you're going to have a dedication ceremony? Wery: Dedication of the memorial as well as a commemoration for the 69th Anniversary of the start of the Korean War. Normally we do it on the 25th. The 25th of June was the start of the Korean War. We're doing it on the 22nd because were combining it with the dedication. It starts at 10 o'clock. It'll be the parking lot next to the Vietnam Memorial. Chair Doolittle: But you're also going to do something up at Veterans number 2. Wery: No,just on the 22nd. Lunchh and Refreshments there. From now on when we do our Anniversary for the start of the war, we'll do it over there. We won't use cemetery number one. Because that would be appropriate. Chair Doolittle: Well your organization, not only pressure washing the headstones but, that doing that is certainly to be commended by the community and especially by the committee. Wery: They do it for love. Antonio Gaspar: Emile, Antonio Gaspar. The one you are talking about os that the one on Kamehameha Avenue. Wery: Yes, the one behind the Kamehameha Statue. 10 o'clock on Saturday, 22 June. Gaspar: Thank you. At one time the Hilo American Legion told me, they wanted to hold a memorial ceremony at the Vietnam Memorial they were asking or wondering about portable toilets, they have to run to the building, and it is too far. Can they put a portable toilet over there? Chair Doolittle: This is where, in Hilo? Wery: Yes, at the Vietnam Memorial. Gaspar: They were saying that if they have to use the restroom, the building is too far, can not go. Wery: Sgt. Gaspar, we're doing the same thing for ours. You have to get a special use permit from the State. Its got to be 45 days prior and there's all kinds of requiremments for that. You have to provide the porta-potties, they won't. Gaspar: First Sgt. Since you are there, Amereican Legion in Hilo they struggle all the time with getting liability insurance which DLNR told the to buy in order to have a ceremony there. Can the County provide the insurance so the Amereican Legion in Hilo does not need to pay or get insurance?