VETERANS DAY EVENTS IN FRIO, LA SALLE

NOVEMBER 11 is marked in several nations as a day on which to honor those who served in the armed forces, both in conflict and in peacetime, and is also known as Remembrance Day and Armistice Day.
Veterans Day ceremonies may be held in public squares and in parades, and while many are also held in cemeteries and include a playing of Taps at 11 a.m., the day’s commemoration serves to recognize not only those who died for their country but also those who returned from war and those who wore their country’s uniform in armed forces service at home and abroad to uphold the peace on land and sea and in the air.
The date and time of ceremonies honoring armed forces personnel, the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, is a recognition of the moment at which an armistice and cessation of hostilities became effective between Allied and Axis powers to end the First World War in 1918. US President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the first Armistice Day commemoration the following year.
US President Dwight Eisenhower, former Allied forces commander during World War II at the Normandy Invasion on D-Day in June 1944, ordered the official name change in this country to Veterans Day while he was serving in the White House in 1954.
The symbol of the red poppy used for the commemorative occasion in some countries and on memorial wreaths is a remembrance of the many flowers that bloomed over the battlefields of Flanders and northern France during and after the 1914-18 conflict.

PEARSALL VFW Post #9195, the Frio County Veterans Service Office and the Pearsall Chamber of Commerce will host a ceremony for the community’s armed forces veterans from 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday, November 8, at the Frio County Veterans Wall behind the county courthouse. Lunch will follow at the VFW from 12:30 to 2 p.m.

LA SALLE COUNTY will host a ceremony at 11 a.m. Monday, November 10, on the county courthouse lawn (weather permitting), honoring those who served their country. Guest speaker will be Texas District 21 Senator Judith Zaffirini. Taps and the national anthem will be performed. All area veterans and community members are invited.

VETERANS DAY PARADE and breakfast hosted by Pearsall ISD counselors will be on Tuesday, November 11. Veterans are invited to decorate vehicles and participate. Line-up is at the Fireman’s Park at 8 a.m. and parade begins at 8:30 a.m. The parade will travel North on Oak Street, then pass by each PISD campus. Parade ends at Pearsall High School, and all veterans and their families will be treated to a free breakfast. Anyone interested in participating can call Mitzy Rodriguez at (830) 334-8011 or email [email protected].

DILLEY ISD will host a special celebration for all area armed forces veterans at the high school gymnasium beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, November 11, featuring recognition of those who served, guest speakers, and student performances. The public is invited.

COTULLA ISD is inviting all area veterans to attend its annual Veterans Day program beginning at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, November 11, at the Ramirez/Burks Elementary School Gymnasium at 618 N. Baylor Street, featuring recognition of all those who served their country in uniform, guest speakers, and student performances. The event is open to the public. Lunch will be provided for veterans immediately following the program.

VETERANS DINNER will be hosted by the city of Dilley in the City Hall Convention Center, 116 East Miller Street, free of charge for all armed forces veterans in the community, 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, November 11. Call City Hall at (830) 965-1624 for information.