The Rock Island National Cemetery will have a Veterans Day Ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 11, at 1 p.m., at Rock Island National Cemetery, at Committal Shelter #2. The Cemetery is undergoing various expansion and upgrade projects throughout the Cemetery; the public is asked Rock Island National Cemetery to commemorate Veterans Dayto please excuse any messes.

 The keynote speaker will be Lt. Gen. Antonio A. Aguto Jr., commanding general, First Army.

 The ceremony will include a wreath placement as well as an honor salute and taps.

 Masks will not be required since the ceremony will be outdoors, but masks will be available for those that wish to wear one; hand sanitizer will also be available.

 Veterans Day is intended to thank and honor all those who served honorably in the military – in wartime or peacetime. A Congressional Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday – a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as “Armistice Day.” Armistice Day had primarily been a day set aside to honor Veterans of World War I. However, following World War II and the Korean War, Veterans service organizations urged Congress to amend the Act of 1938 by striking out the word “Armistice” and inserting in its place the word “Veterans.” With the approval of new legislation in 1954 (Public Law 380), Nov. 11 became a day to honor American Veterans of all wars.

Rock Island National Cemetery to commemorate Veterans Day
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Rock Island National Cemetery to commemorate Veterans Day

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