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Veterans Day events in the Mahoning Valley:
Nov. 8
CORTLAND – Cortland Veterans Memorial Committee will have a ceremony 2 p.m. Sunday at the Veterans Memorial in Point Park. Guest speaker will be retired Air Force Maj. Peter Bollinger. In case of rain, the event will take place at Cortland Christian Church, 153 Grove Drive.
Nov. 11
AUSTINTOWN – Austintown schools will have a Veterans Day ceremony 9 a.m. at the Austintown Fitch High School auditorium. Guest speaker will be Bill Johnson, president of Youngstown State University and a former U.S. congressman, The district hopes to welcome as many World War II veterans as possible.
GIRARD – Parade at 6:30 p.m. from Boardman Medical Supply off Route 422 along Market Street to West Liberty Street to the Justin Leo Memorial viaduct for a ceremony with a wreath cast into the water to honor Navy veterans. The parade will march from the viaduct to the city municipal building for a ceremony at the war memorial with Mayor Mark Zuppo.
STRUTHERS – Struthers city schools will recognize Veterans Day with a ceremony at 11 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial, corner of Morrison Street and Euclid Avenue John Gandy will be master of ceremonies.
WARREN – Program at 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Mahoning Avenue, Warren, with veteran Jim Rapone dressed as a Revolutionary War soldier for America’s 250th anniversary. He will discuss John Leavitt buried at Pioneer Cemetery in Warren. A parade will follow the program along Mahoning Avenue.
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