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Flowers, wreath and flags honor local veterans for their service

Flowers, wreath and flags honor local veterans for their service
November 11
05:43 2019

A large American flag is draped across the front of the Stephens County Courthouse in honor of Veterans Day. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)

Flowers and a wreath decorate the Veterans Memorial outside the Stephens County Courthouse in honor of Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 11. There is also a large American flag draped above the front courthouse entrance and American flags put out by Breckenridge Rotary Club volunteers line Walker Street in honor of Veterans Day.

Additionally, on Saturday morning, local volunteers, including Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, worked with the Veterans Services officer to put flags on the graves of veterans at the Breckenridge City Cemetery.

Breckenridge ISD will host a Veterans Day Program to honor U.S. Military veterans at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, in the Breckenridge ISD Athletic Facility and Fine Arts Center.

Veterans Day was originally known as Armistice Day and is observed on Nov. 11 to mark the day that an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, as explained on the website for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

One of the American flags placed along Walker Street by volunteers from the Breckenridge Rotary Club waves in the Sunday afternoon breeze across the street from the courthouse. The flags were put out in honor of Veterans Day. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)

Cutline, top photo: A wreath and flowers decorate the Veterans Memorial in front of the Stephens County Courthouse. The flowers were placed there by local VFW Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7767 in honor of Veterans Day. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)

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