veterans day

November 7, 2022

Riverside School District To Host Veterans Day Assembly

On Wednesday, Riverside High School will host its annual Veterans Day Assembly. The assembly this year will honor the four Riverside young men who lost their lives in Vietnam. In the fall of 2019, a Riverside graduate visited Riverside High School, asking about our Riverside boys who lost their lives in Vietnam. He explained that he was participating in the Honor Flight program that provides transportation for Vietnam veterans to visit the memorial in Washington DC, and he wanted to be sure to know all their names. A few weeks later, he returned with a beautifully framed piece with the…

November 5, 2020

Veteran’s Day Declared For Ellwood City

Mayor Anthony J. Court has declared Veteran’s Day 2020 for Ellwood City. According to a statement from the mayor’s office and in observance of Veteran’s Day, Mayor Anthony J. Court has declared Veteran’s Day, in Ellwood City, PA, Wednesday, November 11, 2020. Faithful men and women who served and are still serving – put aside their own dreams and ambitions to secure the many freedoms we are so blessed to have in America today. “It’s an honor for me to declare Wednesday, November 11, 2020 as “Veteran’s Day” here in Ellwood City, PA,” said Mayor Court. “We as a community…

November 11, 2016

Ellwood City Honors Veterans Day

Veterans Day falls annually on November 11, as a day to appreciate our veterans who have fought and continue to fight for our freedom. Veterans Day was initially started in 1938 to honor World War I veterans because on November 11, 1918, Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allies- effectively ending World War I. Formally known as Armistice Day, the name changed to Veterans Day in 1954, after World War II and the Korean War, due to veteran organizations urging Congress to change the name in order to give honor to all American veterans in all wars. Today, scattered…