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Indy POW-MIA Council holding annual Recognition Day Ceremony

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The Indianapolis POW-MIA Council is honoring and paying tribute to Hoosier Patriots and Indy’s annual POW-MIA Recognition Day Ceremony at the Indiana War Memorial on Friday morning.

The event will begin at 11:30 a.m. with musical interlude and at 1 p.m. a military helicopter will fly over the ceremony.

The annual event honors missing service members and their families and highlights the government’s commitment to account for them. This year’s theme is “Our Nation’s Promise.”

The ceremony will be at the Indiana War Memorial located at 431 North Meridian Street. It will happen on the north steps. If rain were to happen during the ceremony, the location will be changed to inside the War Memorial.