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Beverly Vietnam Veterans Day Ceremonies Planned This Weekend
The city will host events at Beverly Hospital and Ellis Square this weekend.
BEVERLY, MA — Beverly residents will have two opportunities in the city to honor those who served in the Vietnam War this weekend as part of Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day ceremonies.
Vietnam Veterans Day is on Friday. The Beverly Veterans Affairs Office estimates that there are more than seven million Vietnam veterans living in America and abroad, along with 10 million families of those who served during that timeframe.
On Saturday, a ceremony will be held at the Vietnam Memorial at Beverly Hospital at 75 Herrick Street at 10 a.m.
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A ceremony will be held at the Vietnam Memorial at Ellis Square in Downtown Beverly at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
The public is invited to attend both events.
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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)
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