veterans day

Monday is Veterans Day, a day to pause and remember that the freedoms we enjoy have been paid for by the service in harm's way of our country's nearly 22 million veterans.

The following services will be held to honor veterans for Veterans Day:

Here are closings and openings for Veterans Day, Nov. 11:

Temperatures in Baltimore will peak in the low 50s on Friday, with wind gusts reaching 30 mph under mostly sunny skies, according to the National Weather Service.

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On Thursday afternoon, a five-man grounds crew raised the flag on a spot that Anne Arundel County Community College officials say will commemorate military veterans.

in order that a grateful Nation might pay appropriate homage to the veterans of all its wars who have contributed so much to the preservation of this Nation."

The Y of Central Maryland will celebrate the grand opening of its new $11 million center in West Towson Monday, marking a new beginning for the organization and ending a long-discussed process of upgrading the Towson facility.

City offices in Laurel will be closed Monday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day.

The Havre de Grace High School Warrior Pride Marching Band will be participating in the New York City Veterans Day Parade this Monday, Nov. 11.

Aberdeen, once again, is starting the season with Christmas Street on Saturday, Dec. 7. The theme this year is "Christmas Dreams," so get your thinking caps on because you will surely want to be a part of the many activities planned.

The Veterans Day observance sponsored by the American Legion Post 47 will commence at 11 a.m. in Tydings Park to honor all military veterans. Phone 410-939-0234 for details.

The campaigning is over: Election Day has arrived for City Council candidates. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Ward 1 residents vote at the Laurel Municipal Center, 8103 Sandy Spring Road; and Ward 2 residents vote at the Robert J. DiPietro Community Center, 7901 Cypress St.

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Bob Parsons — a University of Baltimore graduate and the founder of Go Daddy, an Internet domain registrar — has donated $1 million to the school establish a veterans center on campus that will offer services to active-duty and former military personnel.

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Memorial Day -- which by the time anyone reads this will have been observed with wreath placing's, the playing of patriotic music and more than a few back yard hot dog and hamburger feasts -- got me thinking about our two major national somber observances, those being Memorial Day and Veterans Day.

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The Warrior Pride Marching Band will be performing in the prestigious Cherry Blossom Parade in Washington DC this Saturday, April 13

A Port Deposit-area retired milk inspector, who died after an accident that took place on his farmland Monday, will be remembered Friday and Saturday.

Bel Air approves contract for new traffic signal in Harford Mall area

Navy linebacker Brye French had never met Brendan Looney, only hearing stories about the former academy lacrosse star and his two brothers from longtime coach Richie Meade. Then one day during French's sophomore year, Meade told his team that the eldest Looney brother had died in Iraq.

Bathrooms at the Seafood Festival became a sticky topic for the Havre de Grace City Council on Monday, as the proximity of portable toilets to some homes apparently made some residents upset last year.

Madison Street reopened to traffic about 3 p.m. Friday, four days after a 30-inch pipe ruptured, causing parts of the roadway to buckle and sending water gushing down Guilford Avnue as well as the Fallsway.

On the day that the Howard County school board apologized for the system's treatment of African-American students during segregation, Dottie Cook thought back to her middle school days, when she received a hand-me-down education that included tattered books with her uncle's name written in them.

Boy Scout Troop 143 helps with Port flag-burning ceremony

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Actress and storyteller portrays Molly Bannaky, the astronomer and mathematician's grandmother

Veterans who served in World War II, Korea, Vietnam and elsewhere gathered at Bel Air Memorial Gardens Sunday afternoon to honor everyone who has ever served in the U.S. military.

Fractures join list of several this month in Baltimore City.

Veterans Day is a red-letter day on a few restaurant calendars.

No MARC or Commuter Bus Service Monday due to Veterans Day holiday

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The seventh annual Sticks for Soldiers lacrosse tournament in Fairfield, Conn., has named U.S. Army Capt. Gregory Galeazzi, a 2007 graduate of Loyola's Army ROTC program, to be the second honoree for this year's support.

Standard-issue camouflage almost outnumbered the fan-favorite purple variety as the Ravens celebrated Veterans Day and honored veterans before Sunday¿s game against the Oakland Raiders at M&T Bank Stadium.

Students at Veterans Elementary School in Ellicott City welcomed members of the Yingling-Ridgely VFW Post 7472 and the Ladies Auxiliary of the post to celebrate Veterans Day.

We can honor veterans by not just thanking them but by helping to make sure they are taking advantage of all the assistance available to them.

When college classmates learn Joseph Bathgate was a machine gunner for the Marine Corps for two tours in Iraq, they want to know: Did anyone ever shoot at you? Ever get hit? You ever kill anyone?

Harford County will honor its military veterans at various ceremonies in observance of Veterans Day on Sunday, Monday and also later in the week.

To kick off a month of activities honoring veterans, Perry Point VA Hospital and Aberdeen Proving Ground organized a get together that allowed soldiers to mix with those men and women who have preceded them in service to the country.

This schedule will be in effect Monday, Nov. 12.

Anne Arundel County Briefs

HdG to observe Veterans Day Monday in Tydings Park

Sunday marks the 94th anniversary of the end of what would for a time be known as The War to End All Wars, but has since been re-named to reflect the unfortunate reality that not only was it not the last, but also not the last on an epic scale. These days, the history books call it World War I.

Students at Liberty High School greeted local veterans in the school media center on Thursday, Nov. 8, for a special Veterans Day celebration.

Diocesan medals awarded to Port, Perryville residents

The restaurant also announced the appointments of head chef Michael Meisel and sous chef Doff Edwards.

Richard Cummings, Carole Grenoble tie the knot in Port

Aberdeen Senior Center busy in November