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Oglesby American Legion commemorates Veterans Day

By Billy Thompson Nov 10, 2020 | 12:01 PM

Veterans Day will be commemorated Wednesday starting with a parade down Clark Street in Oglesby about 10:30am from the American Legion to Memorial Park.

At exactly 11:11am American Legion members will fire off their rifles.

Quarter Master for the La Salle VFW, Kevin Swirkos says:

The cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is regarded as the end of the war to end all wars.