Veterans Day Ceremony To Be Held At The Wicomico County War Memorial

(Salisbury, MD)  The Wicomico War Memorial Committee invites the community to join them in honoring our military veterans at a ceremony on Friday, November 11^th at 11:00am. The ceremony will take place at the Wicomico County War Memorial located directly in front of the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center at 500 Glen Avenue in Salisbury, MD 21804.  The ceremony will take place rain or shine with limited seating available under tents in the event of rain. 

The ceremony, which is being coordinated by the Wicomico County War Memorial Committee, includes patriotic music, prayer and remembrance to honor all veterans. Veterans Day is set aside to thank and honor living veterans who served honorably in the military, in wartime or peacetime. Many Americans confuse this holiday with Memorial Day, which honors service members who died in service to their country or as a direct result of injuries incurred while in battle.

Veteran’s Day, initially termed Armistice Day, was created to honor World War I veterans and celebrate the official ending of the First World War which occurred at 11:00am on November 11, 1918.  In 1954, after having been through both World War II and the Korean War, legislation was approved by the 83^rd US Congress to change the name from Armistice Day to Veterans Day – thereby making November 11^th a day in which all American veterans of wars could be honored.