GUILFORD, CT — Guilford will mark Veterans Day on Wednesday with its annual ceremony.
The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. at the World War I memorial on the Town Green, across from Page Hardware, according to the town.
Town offices will be closed on Veterans Day.
Originally called Armistice Day, Veterans Day is always officially observed on Nov. 11 to reflect the signing of the armistice ending World War I at 11 a.m. on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918.
The observance was changed to Veterans Day in 1954.
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