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This weekend Katie Holmes will take part in Sunday’s 20th anniversary National Memorial Day Concert. The event will be broadcast from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on PBS @ 8 p.m. ET.
She plays the sister of an Iraq war veteran, Jose Pequeno, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in combat. Pequeno, his sister, Elizabeth, and his mother, Nellie Bagley, will be in the audience. Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna co-host.
I thought Katie would just be speaking at the event. I didn’t know she was acting! I can’t wait to see this.
Katie sees this event as something very important.
"It’s important to tell these stories and honor the sacrifice and service of these men and women and their families. It’s a real gift to be able to portray an American of such strength. I’m excited. I want to do justice to her story."
Katie will have some help on stage with someone she has shared the stage with before. Dianne Wiest, who she starred with in “All My Sons”. Dianne and Katie haven’t seen each other since January, but have spoken to each other.
This will be Katie’s first time performing live in front of hundreds of thousands people.
Go Katie!
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I love that Katie is doing this.
Me too. I would love to see it too.
Katie must have have rehearsed at some stage for the Memorial Day concert, maybe she’s not dancing, but rehearsing for the role.
Congraduation Katie and I hope she will great for performing
[...] week, Katie told USA Today how important this concert was. She said, “It’s important to tell these stories and honor the [...]