PLYMOUTH, Mich. — Plymouth will honor its veterans today, Wednesday, Nov. 11, with a public Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. at the Plymouth Veterans Memorial Park along Main Street, opposite City Hall.
The annual program features remarks from leaders of Mayflower VFW Post 6695 and Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 528. A retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, will serve as master of ceremonies.
Everyone in attendance is invited to head to the Plymouth VFW Post once the ceremony ends for a gathering.
Over in Canton, the township teams with the Partnership for the Arts and Humanities on Faces of Service, a no-cost program and display from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at 46000 Summit Parkway in Canton, inside Summit on the Park Banquet Center. The exhibit about local service members opens when the program ends and stays in the lobby through Nov. 20.
Veterans Day began as Armistice Day to mark the end of fighting in World War I, and Congress changed the name in 1954 to honor all U.S. veterans.
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