Palos Communities Plan 2021 Veterans Day Ceremonies

The Palos communities are planning Veterans Day remembrance ceremonies for this week.

Palos Heights

The City of Palos Heights will host a breakfast for veterans on Wednesday, Nov. 10. The breakfast starts at 9 a.m. and will be held at the Palos Heights Recreation Center, 6601 W. 127th St. Sponsored by Cotter Bowen Law Firm and Preferred Realty, the breakfast is FREE to Paloss Heights veterans and one guest.

To register, call Tayler at 708-361-1807 or email tswiedals@palosheights.org.

Palos Park

On Thursday, Nov. 11 at noon, the Village of Palos Park will host its annual Veterans Day Ceremony at the Palos Park Recreation Center. Following the ceremony, free coffee and donuts will be served.

Palos Hills

Join the City of Palos Hills as they honor all those who fought and served in our nation’s conflicts on Veterans Day. Observances will start at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, at the Veterans Memorial, Town Square Park, 8455 W. 103rd St.

Refreshments will served following the ceremony in the recreation center. If inclement weather the ceremony will be moved inside.

For more information call 708-430-4500.

Veterans Day, commemorated annually on Nov. 11, was first celebrated in 1919 to honor those who fought in World War I. It was initially called Armistice Day and was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.
The holiday's origin is tied to the armistice, a temporary end of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany signed in France on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

It became Veterans Day in 1954, shortly following the end of the Korean War and less than a decade after World War II, after various veterans service organizations urged Congress to encompass veterans of all wars in their honor.

Applebee's, Bob Evans and Chili's Grill and Bar are among the national restaurant chains offering free or discounted meals for veterans on Nov. 11, and 7-Eleven is offering a free cup of coffee or Big Gulp. Other places, such as Golden Corral, have offers extended throughout November.

Veterans Day is somewhat related to, and sometimes mistaken for, Memorial Day, the federal holiday on the final Monday of May that is dedicated to those who have died while serving the United States.

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