Veterans Day service in Oregon

October 31, 2023 at 1:11 pm CDT

Members of the Oregon VFW and other veterans salute after a memorial wreath was laid at the base of Lorado Taft's Soldiers and Sailors Memorial during a 2020 Veteran's Day service on the courthouse square in Oregon, Illinois. — Members of the Oregon VFW and other veterans salute after a memorial wreath was laid at the base of Lorado Taft's Soldiers and Sailors Memorial on the courthouse square in 2020. This year's event will be at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11. (Earleen Hinton)

Oregon VFW Post 8739 and Oregon Post 97 American Legion will hold a Veterans Service at the Veterans Memorial at the old Ogle County Courthouse on Monday, Nov. 11.

The service will start at 10:45 a.m. with Post 8739 Commander Brian Beckman speaking. At 11 a.m. there will be a rifle salute to honor Veterans which will be followed by Taps. At 11:30 p.m. the VFW Post will provide a Pot Luck lunch. The Post will provide pulled pork, mac and cheese, coffee and lemonade.

“Help us out and bring a dish to pass. God bless all our veterans,” said Robert Coulter, Oregon VFW member.

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