NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – A memorial gathering by a veterans’ association scheduled for next month in downtown Norfolk is drawing ire online and in the community after a flyer circulated on social media alleging three controversial far-right figures would be speaking at the event.
The USS Liberty Veterans Association is holding its 58th Anniversary Reunion at the Sheraton Waterside from June 6 to June 9 — the same weekend as Harborfest. The Liberty, an intelligence gathering ship, was attacked by Israeli warplanes and torpedo boats in the Mediterranean Sea in 1967, killing 34 Americans.
It’s not what the event plans to commemorate that’s generating concern, but who might be in attendance and/or speaking…