The August 15th Korean Independence Day Celebration Ceremony program is as follows:

• Prelude: “Arirang” (아리랑)

• Introductions: Presented by Richard Lee, Office of the Queens Borough President

• American and Korean National Anthems: Performed by Yemie Woo, Winner of the 2019 Annual Korean Parade and Festival TKC K-Pop Contest

• Welcoming Remarks: Presented by Queens Borough President Sharon Lee

• Welcoming Remarks: Presented by Charles Yoon, Korean American Association of Greater New York

• Guest Speakers:
  • U.S. Representative Gregory Meeks
  • U.S. Representative Grace Meng
  • Queens County District Attorney Melinda Katz
  • New York State Senator John Liu
  • New York State Senator Leroy Comrie
  • New York State Senator Toby Stavisky
  • New York State Assemblymember Ron Kim
  • New York City Councilmember Donovan Richards
  • New York City Councilmember Barry Grodenchik

• Musical Performance: Performed by Seo Rami’s World Music Ensemble

• Remarks:
  • Aiyoung Choi, Women Cross DMZ
  • Judy Yoo, Federation of Korean American Associations of Northeastern USA
  • John Ahn, Korean American Association of Queens
  • Linda Lee, Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York, Inc. (KCS)
  • Jo-Ann Yoo, Asian American Federation

• Presentation of Proclamation

• Manse Independence Cheer (만세) : Presented by Gwangbok Association of New York

• Outro: Performed by Seo Rami’s World Music Ensemble