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Veterans to be honored during ‘Dunkirk’ movie premiere

The movie “Dunkirk” is premiering at the Movie Plex 59 Friday at 4:30 p.m. and the theater will be honoring veterans with free popcorn and beverages for the showing.

At 4 p.m. the Color Guard will be at the movie theater, located at 10520 Bennett Road, Dunkirk, to greet those in attendance.

Introducing the movie and welcoming veterans and visitors will be Dunkirk Mayor Willie Rosas. Diane Andrasik, Dunkirk city historian, will elaborate on the connection that the region shares with Dunkirk, France.

The Mayor and the entire team at City Hall encourage each and everyone to come out on Friday and share in this once in a lifetime experience.

“This is an honor for our city,” said Rosas. “Once again we have an opportunity to be the beacon by the lake for all of our residents, and especially in honor of our veterans. Being the mayor of the City of Dunkirk, it is a great honor to be able to show this movie here in our area. Dunkirk, France is our sister city, and we are proud to stand with our veterans, the individuals from Warner Brothers Studios, and all who have come together to share in honoring those who fought the battle on the beaches of Dunkirk.”

“Dunkirk” addresses a historical and heroic event in World Warr II. In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops were slowly and methodically evacuated from the beach using every serviceable naval and civilian vessel that could be found. At the end of this heroic mission, 330,000 French, British, Belgian and Dutch soldiers were safely evacuated.

Special recognition and thanks go to Mayor Rosas and his development team led by Rebecca Yanus; Special Events Coordinator Hector Rosas and his staff; Douglas Harrington, journalist from the Hamptons NYC; Erin Orr, Warner Brother’s Executive Director of Operations Movie Plex 8; Nathan Rogers; Richard Makuch, Color Guard; John D’Agostino, OBSERVER publisher; Dunkirk Access Channel 12; the local media and all press outlets; and a special thanks go to our veterans.

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