Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club Veterans Day art
Rick Gardner, left, co-leader of Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club, presents a book to Julie Cumblad, K-2 interventionist at Homestead Elementary School in Oswego School District 308.
Aurora Veterans Day Ceremony Moved Indoors, Parade Called Off Due to Inclement Weather
Although the weather may have changed Veterans Day plans for city of Aurora government officials and veterans honored, it certainly didn’t dampen the patriotic spirit. Out of an abundance of caution and with guidance from emergency management professionals, the Aurora city government Veterans Day parade scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 11,
Veterans Day at Food Pantry
The Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry will honor veterans with a “Veterans Day Pantry” from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Nov. 12, at the Pantry, 1110 Jericho Road, Aurora. Veterans and current and past military families are invited. Admission and parking are free. Attendees will be asked to show a
Aurora Veterans Day parade, salute, will begin 10:15 a.m. November 11
Aurora will honor on Veterans Day the heroes who bravely served our country and returned home to continue serving in many ways throughout the community. With the theme ‘Serving Our Country and Our Community,’ the annual Aurora Veterans Day parade will begin at 10:15 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, from Benton
Veterans Day:
• DuPage County will mark Veterans Day Thursday, Nov. 11. The County’s Information Technology and Geographic Information System teams created an interactive Veterans Day portal, which can be found at www.dupageco.org/veteran. The site allows residents to create their own Honor Post highlighting their loved one or friend, along with a
Veterans Day salutes in Montgomery, Aurora,
Aurora VFW Post 68 rifle team members fire a salute at a Veterans Day ceremony in conjunction with Montgomery VFW Post 7452 Saturday at Riverside Cemetery in Montgomery.
On fond memories of injuries, sickness, during basic training
Around Veterans Day, I try to write something that qualifies as inspirational, heroic, and military-related. To that end, I decided to write about me. Unfortunately, this eliminated the first two qualifications, but left the third. If any of you out there have read my book (Oh, no, another shameless plug
Veterans, in many cases, carry forward their service
By John Montesano Monday, in some way, we all celebrated Veterans Day. It was formerly known as Armistice Day, which was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War I, which officially ceased November 11, 1918. In legislation that was passed in 1938, November
Veterans Day address from Rudy Rodriguez
Rudy Rodriguez is the guest speaker at Aurora’s Veterans Day Ceremony Monday which was moved indoors to the City Council chambers because of snow and cold.