The Kansas City Symphony’s annual Memorial Day celebration and commemoration was canceled the past two years due to the COVID-19. But the Bank of America Celebration at the Station, which is capped by a fireworks display over the Liberty Memorial, picked up where it left off.
Music Director Michael Stern led the orchestra with special guest Kansas City native Oleta Adams. Stern had described the program as “ceremonial, festive and reverent.”
The free concert included fireworks and patriotic music. This year’s theme was “unity” and provided a way to honor the men and women who have served the country and for people to come together in increasingly turbulent and divisive time for the nation.
Crowds fill in the North Lawn of the National World War 1 Museum just before the start of the Celebration at the Station, an event hosted by the Kansas City Symphony on May 29, 2022, in Kansas City. Luke Johnson File photo
Kids play just beneath the National WWI Museum and Memorial before the Celebration at the Station, an event featuring the Kansas City Symphony, on Sunday, May 29, 2022, in Kansas City. Luke Johnson ljohnson@kcstar.com
As the sun sets, crowds fill in the north lawn of the National WWI Museum and Memorial just before the start of the Bank America Celebration at the Station featuring the Kansas City Symphony on Sunday, May 29, 2022, in Kansas City.
People watch and record fireworks as they explode over the Liberty Memorial and the National World War I Museum at the end of the Celebration at the Station, an event featuring the Kansas City Symphony to celebrate and commemorate Memorial Day on Sunday, May 29, 2022, in Kansas City. Luke Johnson ljohnson@kcstar.com
People watch and record fireworks as from the north lawn as they explode over the Liberty Memorial and the National World War I Museum at the end of the Celebration at the Station, an event featuring the Kansas City Symphony to celebrate and commemorate Memorial Day on Sunday, May 29, 2022, in Kansas City. Luke Johnson ljohnson@kcstar.com
People watch and record fireworks from the North Lawn of the National World War I Museum and Memorial at the end of the Celebration at the Station, an event featuring the Kansas City Symphony to celebrate and commemorate Memorial Day on Sunday, May 29, 2022, in Kansas City. Luke Johnson ljohnson@kcstar.com
Fireworks light up the sky over the the Liberty Memorial at the conclusion of the Celebration at the Station, an event commemorating Memorial Day featuring the Kansas City Symphony on Sunday, May 29, 2022, in Kansas City. Luke Johnson ljohnson@kcstar.com
People watch and record fireworks as they explode over the Liberty Memorial and the National World War I Museum at the end of the Celebration at the Station, an event featuring the Kansas City Symphony to celebrate and commemorate Memorial Day on Sunday, May 29, 2022, in Kansas City. Luke Johnson ljohnson@kcstar.com
Visuals Editor Chris Ochsner leads The Star’s talented staff of photojournalists and video producers. He’s had his hand in directing visuals coverage since 2002. Ochsner led the visuals team in its coverage of four Super Bowls and two World Series.
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