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Veterans Day ceremonies 2021

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Veterans Day ceremonies 2021

(WSIL) -- Communities across our region are honoring our veterans with ceremonies this week. 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2021

ANNA

  • Tree planting ceremony
  • Anna City Park
  • 2 p.m.
  • In honor of veterans

JOHN A. LOGAN COLLEGE

  • Missing Man table
    • Cafeteria
  • Honor Flight Thank You cards
    • E Wing entrance
    • Take a card and write a thank you note to veterans
    • Return cards by Nov. 12 at E win entrance

MT. VERNON

  • Mt. Vernon high school
    • Flag pole remembrance
      • 7:45 a.m.
      • Prayer, moment of silence
      • Chamber choir and H.S. band
    • Plaque dedication
      • 1:30 p.m.
      • Plaque hung in old campus
      • Dedicated to graduates who died in WWII
      • Ceremony at new HS

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2021

ANNA

  • Veterans Day Parade
  • 11 a.m.
  • Downtown Anna 

BENTON

  • Veterans Day ceremony
  • Masonic Odd Fellows Cemetery
  • 11 a.m. 
  • Lunch to follow at VFW/American Legion

CARBONDALE

SIU Veterans Day Commemoration

  • SIU ROTC
    • Begins at 6:30 a.m.
    • ROTC cadets silent vigil all day
    • Shift changing every 15 min. until 5 p.m.
  • Wreath laying ceremony
    • 11 a.m.
    • Remarks and keynote address
    • Inside Davies Hall

CARMI

  • Veterans Memorial Park
  • 11 a.m.

CARTERVILLE

  • Veterans Memorial
  • Raising of the Flag Bugle, remarks, invocation, rifle salute
  • 11 a.m.

DU QUOIN

Veterans Day Parade

Memorial Service

  • Du Quoin VFW Post 513
  • 11:30 a.m.
  • lunch following

ELDORADO

  • Ferrell Hospital
  • Free meals to veterans
  • Maple Street Cafe (inside hospital)
  • Breakfast 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.
  • Lunch 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

ENERGY

  • Unity Christian School
  • Veterans Day program
  • 1:30 p.m.
  • Energy City Park

HARRISBURG

  • Veterans Day Ceremony
  • American Legion
  • 10:45 a.m.

HERRIN

  • Ceremony at the Doughboy
  • 11:00 am.

JACKSON

  • Veterans Day Parade
  • 4 p.m.
  • Start on S. High
  • End on Russell Ave.
  • Line-up at 3 p.m.

MARION

  • Veterans Day ceremony
  • VFW
  • 11 a.m. 

MOUND CITY

  • Veterans Day ceremony
  • 11 a.m.
  • Veterans Park

VIENNA

  • Community Event
  • Library (on the square)
  • 11 a.m.

WALTONVILLE

  • Veterans Day Parade
  • 10 a.m.
  • VFW to the High School
  • Free chili at VFW following
  • Ceremony to follow at 11 a.m.

WEST FRANKFORT

  • Veterans Day Honor Guard service
  • West Frankfort Veterans Military Museum
  • 11 a.m.

ZEIGLER

  • American Legion Post 177
  • 11 a.m.
  • On the Circle at the War Memorial

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