LUTHERAN QUILTERS – Members of the Quilts for Comfort Group stand between pews draped with some of the 205 quilts they made, in the Sitka Lutheran Church Tuesday. The group made the quilts for five local non-profits and one in Anchorage. The remaining quilts are sent to Lutheran World Relief which distributes them to places around the world in need, such as Ukraine, as part of Personal Care Kits. Pictured are, from left, Helen Cunningham, Kathleen Brandt,Vicki Swanson, Paulla Hardy, Kim Hunter, Linda Swanson and Sue Fleming. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Tuesday Events Top Sitka’s Alaska Day
By Sentinel Staff
After a weekend filled with Alaska Day Festival activities, Sitka is ready for the main events of Alaska Day itself.
That will include the parade followed by the re-enactment of the Oct. 18, 1867, ceremony on Castle Hill transferring Alaska claims from Russia to the United States. This is the 149th anniversary of that event.
Activities over the weekend included the Variety Show Friday night, the Alaska Day Ball on Saturday, the Alaska Day Biathlon on Sunday, with side events such as the Sitka Historical Society annual meeting Thursday night; a Marine Safety Fair, a Whitmore Hall reception and self-guided history tour, and a Sheldon Jackson Museum reception Saturday.
Events today include the New Archangel Dancers end-of-season performance, at 6:30 p.m. at Centennial Hall. A state legislative candidates forum will be at 6:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center.
Among Alaska Day visitors will be U.S. Senate candidates, Lisa Murkowski and Margaret Stock;and a Russian film crew that plans to get footage of the transfer ceremony on Castle Hill, Festival Chairman Ted Allio said.
Several military guests will be here as well, along with a festival mainstay, the Seattle Firefighters Pipe and Drum band, which always drums up some fun.
The 9th Army Band will be here, but with only seven members, a result of restructuring. It’s now divided between Fort Wainwright (Fairbanks) and Joint Base Elmerdorf-Richardson (Anchorage),
preventing the previous level of Alaska Day support, which included playing for the Alaska Day Ball and marching in the parade.
For the memorial service at Sitka National Cemetery, the band will provide a drummer and bugler to join the U.S. Army Alaska Command Chaplain (LTC) Greg Thogmartin, and color guard firing detail from 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion. And a band brass quintet will provide ceremonial music on Castle Hill for the transfer ceremony.
Here’s the lineup for Alaska Day:
Tuesday, Oct. 18
– Alaska Day Book Sale, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Sitka Public Library
– Open House and Smoked Salmon Contest by ALFA, 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Sitka Sound Science Center
– Military Memorial Service by U.S. Army Chaplain, 11 a.m. at Sitka National Cemetery
– Open House at Sitka Fire Hall, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
– Pie Sale, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sitka Lutheran Church. Upstairs on the main level, quilts and other handiwork will be offered for sale or silent auction bid.
– Chili Cook-off and Feed, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Gregory’s Catholic Church
– Parade lineup on Lake Street starts at 12:30 p.m. The parade starts at 1:30 p.m.
– Transfer re-enactment on Castle Hill following the parade
– Air-sea rescue demonstration following parade near O’Connell Bridge
– Sitka Pioneers Home Open House, 2 to 4 p.m.
– Brave Heart Volunteers Open House, 2 to 5 p.m. at Pioneers Home manager’s house
– Sitka History Museum’s Alaska Day Brewfest, 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Totem Square Inn and parking lot
– Auction of Donated Services, 6:30 p.m. Pioneer Bar, to benefit the Sitka Fire Department
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