Korean War 60th Anniversary Memorial Committee

Veterans Will Be Special Guests at Two Kennedy Center Performances

Upon the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, the celebrated Little Angels Children’s Folk Ballet of Korea will tour the U.S. as part of a 16-nation tour to express the deep gratitude the Korean people feel toward all Americans for preserving their freedom as well as to commemorate the enduring Korean-American friendship.

The first performances will be at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, DC, June 9-12. Korean War veterans, as well as veterans of other conflicts, and their families and survivors, are invited to the June 9 and 10 performances as special guests of the Memorial Committee. Tickets to the June 11-12 performances are being sold through the Kennedy Center at reduced rates.


“America paid a huge price in blood and tears that the Korean people will never forget,” said Dr. Bo Hi Pak, founding director of the Little Angels, which was founded in 1962 to promote traditional Korean culture and world peace. Pak, a retired ROK diplomat and ROK Army lieutenant colonel, is himself a Korean War veteran who also received officer training in the U.S.

“We want to give U.S. veterans a performance that will thrill and delight them, and at the same time astound them with the contrast between the ragged children they remember begging in the gutter in 1953 and those ‘visions of perfection’ they will see on stage today,” said Pak, chief executive of KW60.

“But our most important performances of all,” said Pak, “are awaiting us on this upcoming tour, because this will be perhaps the final ‘thank you’ we can make to our precious Korean War veterans in the twilight years of their lives.”

On June 25, the 60th anniversary date of the start of the Korean War, the Little Angels will participate in a memorial service at the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the Mall at 11 a.m.

The Little Angels are also performing in New York City; Ottawa, Canada; Atlanta and Fort Benning, GA; and Colombia.

To request their complimentary tickets for June 9 or June 10, veterans can send an email to KW60tickets@gmail.com or call 800-616-0861; up to 4 tickets per veteran.

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