The community is invited to help honor those who served and sacrificed, at a Veterans Day Ceremony scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11, at the Sequim Civic Center plaza, 152 W. Cedar St.

The Olympic Peninsula Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America and the Clallam County Veterans Association will jointly host the ceremony which will mirror the National Observance of Veterans Day in honoring and thanking all who served in the United States Armed Forces.

The event will feature a rendition of the National Anthem, presentation of the flags of the veterans organizations in Clallam County, and remarks by Col. Tom Johnson (U.S. Marine Corps, ret.) about the significance of Veterans Day.

The ceremony will conclude with the rendering of honors by the Marine Corps League.

Veterans, community invited

Members of Sequim Elks Lodge No. 2642 are inviting all United States Armed Forces Veterans to enjoy a dinner on Thursday, Nov. 10, at the lodge, 143 Port Williams Road. All veterans eat free of charge.

Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. for socializing, with a short program — including a guest speaker to honor veterans — at 5:30 p.m., and then a turkey dinner is served. The dinner includes salad and dessert.

Spouses and friends are invited to attend and can get a meal with a $15 donation, organizers said.

Proceeds go to the organization’s Sequim Elks Veterans Benefit Fund to assist local veterans.

For more information, call, 360-683-2763.

About Veterans Day

President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day commemorating the World War I armistice between the Allied nations and Germany in November 1919.

An act approved on May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday.

In 1954, the act was amended to replace the term “Armistice” with “Veterans.”