WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts announced the following schedule for his events and stops over Veterans Day weekend in Kansas:

Friday, November 9, 2007

    11:30 am - 1:30 pm         Senator Roberts is Guest of Honor and Speaker to the Globe and Anchor Society’s Marine Corps Birthday Celebration
                    Event is open to the media.
                    Hilton Garden Inn, 520 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, KS
    

    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm        Senator Roberts to speak at  Marine Corps Birthday Celebration.
                    Event is open to the media.
                    Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence

    5:30 pm             Senator Roberts to receive “Smiling Bull Award” from the Leavenworth County Bar Association
                    Dinner is open to the media.
                    Leavenworth Country Club, 455 W. Eisenhower, Leavenworth   

Saturday, November 10, 2007   
   
    11:00 am - 12:45 pm        Senator Roberts is Co-Grand Marshall in the Wichita Veterans’ Day Parade with Governor Sebelius, Rep. Tiahrt, General Bunting and MG Broadway
                    Event is open to the media.
                    Parade ends at Lawrence Dumont Stadium, 300 S. Sycamore, Wichita

Sunday, November 11, 2007   

    10:00 am - 11:30 am        Senator Roberts participates in the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Kansas State Veterans’ Cemetery at Ft. Riley
                    Event is open to the media.
                    K-18 and Wildcat Creek Road, Manhattan

    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm        Senator Roberts participates in Great Overland Station Veterans’ Day Event Sponsored by the American Legion Riders and the Patriot Guard
                    Event is open to the media.
                    All Veterans Memorial, 701 N. Kansas Ave, Topeka

Monday, November 12, 2007   
                   
    10:30 am - 11:30 am        Senator Roberts participates in the Leavenworth County Veterans
                    Day Parade
                    Event is open to the media.
                    American Legion Post 23, 418 Cherokee St., Leavenworth

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