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Joe Mantegna, Gary Sinise to host National Memorial Day Concert

By Karen Butler   |   May 26, 2018 at 10:29 AM
Actor and director Gary Sinise is to co-host with Joe Mantegna the National Memorial Day Concert in Washington, D.C., Sunday. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Actor Joe Mantegna holds a replica plaque for Peter Falk, who received a posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star, during an unveiling ceremony in Los Angeles on July 25, 2013. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Cynthia Erivo arrives on the red carpet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Benefit in New York City on May 7. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Megan Hilty arrives on the red carpet at the "Me Before You" world premiere on May 23, 2016 in New York City. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

May 26 (UPI) -- Actors Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise will host Sunday's National Memorial Day Concert in Washington, D.C.

Among the performers set to take the stage are Alfie Boe, Charles Esten, Leona Lewis, Megan Hilty, Cynthia Erivo and conductor Jack Everly and the National Symphony Orchestra. Sinise's Lt. Dan Band will also sing.

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Expected to take part in the event are The West Wing alumni Allison Janney and Mary McCormack, as well as actors Graham Greene, John Corbett and Brian Tee.

The tribute to the U.S. military will air live on PBS at 8 p.m. ET from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. The program will also be broadcast via American Forces Network so the troops who are deployed can watch it.