Veterans Day takes place Friday, Nov. 11, and events are planned in various suburbs to honor veterans and mark the holiday.
Niles
The Niles Memorial VFW Post 3579 will hold a Veterans Day ceremony Friday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. at the Niles Memorial Waterfall on the southwest corner of Milwaukee and Touhy Avenues. Parking is available at a lot which you can enter while driving southbound on Milwaukee Avenue. The parking lot and waterfall site are accessible.
Notre Dame College Prep, 7655 W. Dempster St., Niles, will honor members of the United States armed forces with its annual Veterans Mass on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 9 a.m., followed by refreshments and the unveiling of the latest alumni names to the NDCP Military Wall. RSVP by Thursday at nddons.org.
Norridge
The Village of Norridge is holding a Veterans Day remembrance. at 11 a.m. at the Norridge Veterans Memorial, 4010 N. Olcott, Norridge. The police department honor guard will be present, and plans call for remarks from Village President Daniel Tannhauser and the laying of a wreath.
Oakton Community College
Oakton Community College will hold a Veterans Day Commemoration event Thursday, Nov. 10 at 11:30 a.m., followed by a resource fair of veteran-affiliated organizations and Oakton’s departments. All are open to the public. Des Plaines American Legion, Evanston Veterans Center and Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center will be present. Location: Art Lobby of the Des Plaines Campus, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines.
Park Ridge
The Mel Tierney Post 247 of the American Legion will conduct its traditional Veterans Day ceremony on Friday Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. The ceremony will be held at the American Legion’s Veterans monument in Hodges Park, opposite Park Ridge City Hall. American Legion Post 247 Commander John Dorow will lead the traditional ceremony (brief remarks and ceremony, playing of Taps, and rifle salute).
Lincolnwood
The Lincolnwood Police Department/Fire Department Honor Guard will participate in a Veterans Day ceremony at Rutledge Hall School, 6850 E Prairie Rd, Lincolnwood, at 9 a.m. Friday, according to Police Chief Jay Parrott.
Glenview
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The village of Glenview and the Joseph M. Sesterhenn American Legion Post 166 will host a Veterans Day observance at Friday at 11 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial at the corner of Glenview Road and River Drive, Glenview. It will include speeches, a rifle salute and Taps played by Glenbrook South High School band members.
Morton Grove
Morton Grove American Legion Post 134 held a Veterans Day ceremony Sunday at 1 p.m. in front of the post, 6144 Dempster St., Morton Grove. The traditional short parade from the post to the Doughboy statue in front of the Morton Grove Library did not take place this year.
Franklin Park
The Village of Franklin Park and American Legion Post 974 will hold a Veterans Day observance on Friday at 11 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial, located west of village hall, 9500 Belmont Ave., Franklin Park.
Other towns
Representatives from the villages of Skokie and Harwood Heights said no official events are planned. In Skokie, Congregation Kol Emeth plans to host a dinner, but it is sold out.