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100th Veterans Day Commemoration

Honoring local military service members, veterans, and their families

November 6, 2019 | 2 min reading time

This article is 5 years old. It was published on November 6, 2019.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of "Armistice Day," which was first observed on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. In 1938, Nov. 11 became a national holiday, and in 1954 President Dwight D. Eisenhower officially changed the name of the holiday to Veterans Day.

The St. Louis Veterans Day Observance will take place on Saturday, Nov. 9 at the Court of Honor of Soldiers Memorial Military Museum, 1315 Chestnut Street in Downtown St. Louis. The ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. Marine Corps Sgt. Rodney "Rocky" Sickmann, one of the 52 Americans held captive during the Iran Hostage Crisis (1979-1981) will deliver the keynote address.

The annual Veterans Day Parade will follow at Noon. The parade will start at Tucker & Chestnut, proceed west on Chestnut to 14th, then south on 14th to Market and finally west on Market to 20th where it will disband.

Everyone is welcome to join in giving thanks to our veterans who served their country honorably during war or peacetime.

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