"Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" - A Special Storytime for Military Families with Author Jeff Gottesfeld

Program Type:

Community Engagement, Literature

Age Group:

Preschoolers, Elementary School Age, Middle School Age
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Event Details

Join us as Author, Jeff Gottesfeld, reads an excerpt from his latest children's book, "Twenty-One Steps". Following the reading, there will be a Q&A session, lunch provided for all registered children and opportunities for fun giveaways!

"Keeping vigil at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery, are the sentinel guards, whose every step, every turn, honors and remembers America’s fallen. They protect fellow soldiers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, making sure they are never alone. To stand there—with absolute precision, in every type of weather, at every moment of the day, one in a line uninterrupted since midnight July 2, 1937—is the ultimate privilege and the most difficult post to earn in the army. Everything these men and women do is in service to the Unknowns. Their standard is perfection."

For Active Duty Military and Gold Star families with valid military/dependent ID only.
Please only register for your dependents.

Only registered children (between the ages of 5 -12 ) will receive lunch and an opportunity to win awesome prizes.

** This is a lottery-based IN-PERSON event. **
Lottery Begins: Friday, August 13th
Lottery Ends: Sunday, August 22nd
Selected families will be notified Monday, August 23rd

If you have any questions, please contact: sandiegoprogramslist@uso.org

Register at: https://forms.gle/UoBZTCB8Hnzruvts6

Accessibility

Need disability-related modifications or accommodations? Information and program content can be made available in alternative formats upon request by emailing JFRogers@sandiego.gov.