Veterans who have served America’s armed forces will be honored next Tuesday, November 11, and several local activities have been planned in connection with that national holiday.
Clarendon Elementary students will hold a special music program at 12:15 p.m. next Monday, November 10, in the Bronco Gym.
The American Legion Post 287, Adamson-Lane Post at Hedley, will have its annual Veterans Day Service on Tuesday, November 11, at 10 a.m. at Rowe Cemetery west of Hedley.
The ceremony will take place at the American Legion Veterans Memorial located at the north gate of the cemetery, where 234 veterans are buried.
The Post will place American flags on each veteran’s grave to honor each and every veteran.
The program will be a patriotic event to honor all veterans, living or deceased. There will be a special event to honor those that are still prisoners of war, still interned in a foreign country, or those that are still declared missing in action. The public is invited to attend this special event.
In the event of adverse weather, the ceremony will move to the Hedley Lions Club building on Main Street in Hedley.
Following the Legion service, Hedley Public School will also recognize veterans at the school.
Also on Tuesday, the Donley County Memorial Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a service at 11 a.m. at the Donley County War Memorial on the Courthouse Square.
Tuesday night, the public is invited to attend a Veterans Day service at the Clarendon College Harned Sisters Fine Arts Center at 7 p.m. Donley County Judge-elect and US Navy Capt. John Howard will be the featured speaker for the evening.
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