Danvers To Hold Annual Veterans Day Ceremony At High School

DANVERS, MA — The Danvers Veterans Council and town of Danvers Veterans Services Department will host the annual Veterans Day Ceremony on Nov. 11 in the Danvers High School auditorium.

Residents are invited to attend the ceremony, which will begin promptly at 11 a.m. and is free and open to the public. The community is encouraged to honor and thank veterans for their service, sacrifice and dedication.

The program will include remarks from Sergeant Kevin T. Berich, a Danvers native and St. John's Prep graduate. Berich served six years in the U.S. Army and three years in the Army Reserve as a Human Intelligence Collector, with assignments in Germany and deployments to Iraq and Georgia.

Berich later served as an instructor at Devens and now works with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency. He and his wife, Sarah, are raising three children and continue a family tradition of service.

The Color Guard will be presented by the Beverly Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, and the invocation will be given by Deacon John Koza of the Danvers Catholic Collaborative.

Music will be provided by the Danvers High School Advanced Chorus, Danvers Girl Scouts and Refine Dance Studio.

The program will also include "Taps," the Armed Forces Medley, and a drum roll by the Danvers High School Marching Band.

Additional ceremonial elements include bagpipe music by Capt. Kenneth Reardon Jr. of the Danvers Fire Department and a gun salute by the Danvers Alarm List Company.