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(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

• 10 a.m.
• Email [email protected] to participate
• Line-up at 9:15 a.m.

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

for a list of National organizations offering virtual events for veterans and the community.