LYNN — The city will celebrate Veterans Day with a tribute breakfast on Saturday to those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Officials and volunteers will serve veterans and their friends in the City Hall Foyer at 8:30 a.m.
Following the breakfast, the city will host its Veterans Day Ceremony at 10 a.m. in the City Hall Memorial Auditorium. Each veteran will be presented a commemorative pin.
“All are invited to join us as we recognize the service and sacrifice made by these brave and woman who wore the uniform,” said Michael Sweeney, an Afghanistan veteran and director of Lynn Veteran’s Services. “It’s important show veterans and their families that we in never forget.”
The ceremony will include performances by the Lynn Public School Band, the Lynn English JROTC Drill Team and singer Gayle Bastarache.
For 98 years, Americans have remembered those who served our country in uniform on November 11, first as Armistice Day, and since 1954 as Veterans Day, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. In this 99th year of commemoration, the VA is broadening that tradition of observance to include veterans and their families for the month of November.
