Actress Katie Holmes will be spending her Memorial Day in Washington D.C. honoring our U.S. war veterans. Kate and her All My Sons co-star Dianne Wiest will pay tribute to Jose Pequeño, a staff sergeant who was severely injured while on a tour of duty in Iraq.
Many other celebrities are teaming up with PBS for their 20th annual National Memorial Day Concert, including Laurence Fishbourne, Gary Sinise, Joe Mantegna and singer Katharine McPhee.
Dianne and Katie will portray Pequeno’s mother Nellis Bagley and his sister Elizabeth in sharing his story and recollections of the family’s memories. Katie has been rehearsing in Washington at the Capitol grounds over the weekend.
The tribute is intended to be an emotional, yet heart warming reading that will resonate with veterans and their families who are able to witness the event or watch the telecast.
You can catch the tribute on PBS on May 24th, at 8 p.m. EST.
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