Veterans Day Events Planned Across Communities

Communities are holding Veterans Day events from Nov. 6 through Nov. 11, including ceremonies, parades, concerts, educational programs and gatherings honoring veterans and active-duty service members. In Mid and East Antrim, council representatives will attend services in several towns, with Ballycarry’s event on Friday and others on Sunday; Richmond County, North Carolina, will host veteran tributes, a memorial wall, speakers and music, followed by a Saturday observance and parade in Rockingham and Hamlet. Hudson, Ohio, plans a weekend Navy football watch party and a Nov. 11 ceremony with remarks by Navy veteran Mark Huber and a flag-raising by the police honor guard, while D’Iberville, Mississippi, will hold a Veterans Day celebration and health fair. Princeton, West Virginia, will host a free Tri-City Town Band concert on Nov. 8, and Sterling, Illinois, will hold a Nov. 11 ceremony with Army Capt. Andrew Vanner as keynote speaker; Lehigh Valley events include a veterans breakfast, museum programming, a patriotic concert, a flag ceremony and mental-health and support activities. Meridian, Mississippi, plans a Nov. 11 ceremony at East Mississippi Veterans Park with a retired Navy captain as keynote speaker and a flyover, weather permitting, followed by a free veterans’ lunch and downtown parade; Washington, Pennsylvania, has held a ceremony and parade honoring local veterans. Paris and Henry County, Tennessee, have scheduled a parade, festival, church program and high-school tribute, while Emporia, Kansas, and Mesa, Arizona, are offering events including exhibitions, memorial programs, a luncheon, museum activities and parades.