Date/Time
Date(s) - 11/26/2021
5:45 pm - 6:15 pm
Location
Tank On the Square
Categories
The Annual Crown Point Tank Lighting will be held Friday, Nov. 26, 2021 at 5:45 p.m., at the intersection of Goldsborough and Main streets. (just south of the Courthouse)
This Ceremony is to pay tribute to the members of the military with the annual tank-lighting ceremony. The city lights the tree down by the tank each year to honor those in the military who can’t be home during the holidays.
There is usually a presentation of colors and a pledge of Allegiance and a local choir that sings a patriotic song. Children also chant “light it up” as they wait by the Tank Memorial for the ceremony to begin.
Before the tank lighting is the the Tree Lighting takes place at 5pm on the East Side of the Courthouse.