Memorial Day : Flags For Our Father – Jessica Sanchez joins Washington Concert- Media Social Gossip

Media Social Gossip Associated News : 
Television marks Memorial Day in memorable ways. A few programs to remember:

1. The National Memorial Day Concert will feature “American Idol” runner-up Jessica Sanchez, who will perform the National Anthem and “The Prayer.” Sanchez’s father has served several tours of duty in Iraq and Kuwait with the Navy, and her grandfather is a retired Navy veteran.
Joe Mantegna (“Criminal Minds”) and Gary Sinise (“CSI: NY”) host the concert at 8 p.m. Sunday on PBS. (It repeats immediately at 9:30). Taking part will be former Secretary of State Colin Powell, the
rock band Daughtry, Natalie Cole, Trace Adkins, Ellen Burstyn, Dennis Franz, Selma Blair, tenor Russell Watson and the National Symphony Orchestra.
2. CBS’ “60 Minutes Presents: Honoring Our Troops” airs at 7 p.m. Sunday. The reports are on Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer; Operation Proper Exit, which returns wounded warriors to the battlefield; and five sets of brothers in the Marine Reserves.
3. AMC offers its War Heroes Weekend Friday through Monday. Host Tom Brokaw will introduce “The Dirty Dozen” at 8 p.m. Friday and and “Midway” at 11:30 p.m. Friday; “Flags of Our Fathers” at 8 p.m. Saturday and “Letters from Iwo Jima” at 11 p.m. Saturday; “Hart’s War” at 5 p.m. Sunday; and encore airings of “Midway” at 5 p.m. Monday and “Flags of Our Fathers” at 8 p.m. Monday.
4. TCM offers war films on Sunday and Monday. The highlights include “Sergeant York” at 8 p.m. Sunday, “Tora! Tora! Tora!” at 10:30 p.m. Sunday, “The Bridge on the River Kwai” at 8 p.m. Monday and “The Great Escape” at 11 p.m. Monday.
5. CNN’s “State of the Union” will have Memorial Day themes. The guests include Gen. Peter Chiarelli (Ret.), former vice chief of staff, U.S. Army; Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chair, Veterans Affairs Committee; Paul Rieckhoff, founder and executive director, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America; and Tim Tetz, legislative director, the American Legion. The program can be seen at 9 a.m. and noon ET.
6.PBS’ “Independent Lens” offers “Hell and Back Again” at 10 p.m. Monday. The film, an Oscar nominee for best documentary, traces Sgt. Nathan Harris’ struggle, with support from his wife, Ashley, to re-adjust to civilian life.
Media Social Gossip