(WSIL) -- Communities across our region are honoring our veterans with ceremonies this week.Â
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
- Flag pole remembrance
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2021
ANNA
- Veterans Day Parade
- 11 a.m.
- Downtown AnnaÂ
BENTON
- Veterans Day ceremony
- Masonic Odd Fellows Cemetery
- 11 a.m.Â
- 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.Â
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.Â