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Veterans Day Events

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Scott Air Force Base, Ill. --  VETERANS DAY 2011

**There are many Veterans Day ceremonies in the local area. This list is not all inclusive. For information about Veterans Day activities in your specific town, contact your city hall or chamber of commerce.**

Event: United Way Helping Veterans "Get Connected" Open House and Service Fair
Date: Nov. 10
Time: 7:30 a.m. to noon
Location: United Way of Greater St. Louis, Headquarters, St. Louis, Mo.
Comments: Register online at www.2.stl.unitedway.org/veterans or by phone (314) 539-4125

Event: Red Bud Veterans Day Ceremony
Date: Nov. 11
Time: 11 a.m. to noon
Location: Red Bud Ratz Memorial Park, Red Bud, Ill.
Speaker: Maj. Michael Good, 618th Air Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center)

Event: Collinsville American Legion Post 365's Veterans Day Parade & Ceremony
Date: Nov. 11
Time: 1030 a.m.
Location: Downtown Collinsville, Ill.

Event: Clinton County Veterans Day Parade
Date: Nov. 11
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: New Baden, Ill.
Comment: U.S. Transportation Command Joint Color Guard scheduled to participate.

Event: 13th Annual Belleville Veterans Day Ceremony
Date: Nov. 11
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: Public Square at the fountain
Speaker: Col. (ret) Curt Piontkowsky
Comment: Scott Color Guard and Capt. Ronald Kiser, 375th Air Mobility Wing chaplain, scheduled to participate.

Event: O'Fallon Veterans Day Ceremony (Illinois)
Date: Nov. 11
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: Veterans Monument
Speaker: Reverend Jack Swank, U.S. Marine Corps
Comment: Scott Color Guard and 375th Air Mobility Wing Chapel scheduled to support. In the event of inclement weather, ceremony will be moved to the O'Fallon Public Safety Building.

Event: O'Fallon VFW Post 805 Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony
Date: Nov. 11
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: Parade begins at O'Fallon Community Park; ceremony to be held at VFW Hall
Speaker: Maj. Gen. Kevin Leonard, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

Event: St. Louis VA Medical Center Veterans Day Program
Date: Nov. 11
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: Third Baptist Church of St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo.
Comments: Event includes performances by Staff Sgt Brian Owens, Air National Guard Band of the Central States, and the St. Louis Symphony.

Event: Mascoutah Veterans Day Ceremony
Date: Nov. 11
Time: 10 a.m.
Location: Mascoutah High School, Mascoutah, Ill.
Speaker: Capt. Johanna O'Toole, Robins Air Force Base, and Capt. Robert Thelen III, Wright Patterson Air Force Base

Event: Edwardsville Veterans Day Parade
Date: Nov. 11
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Parade starts at the Edwardsville Fire Station on North Main Street.

Event: Waterloo Veterans Day Ceremony
Date: Nov. 11
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Waterloo High School, Waterloo, Ill.

Event: Vandalia American Legion Post 95's Veterans Day Ceremony
Date: Nov. 11
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: American Legion Post 95, Vandalia, Ill.

Event: St. Charles Veterans Day Ceremony
Date: Nov. 11
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: St. Charles County Courthouse, St. Charles, Mo.; in the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be moved to American Legion Post 312.

Event: O'Fallon Veterans Day Ceremony (Missouri)
Date: Nov. 11
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: O'Fallon Veterans Memorial Walk, O'Fallon, Mo.

Event: American Legion Post 404's Annual Tribute to Women Veterans
Date: Nov. 19
Time: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Two Hearts Banquet Center, St. Louis, Mo.