Marco Island American Legion Post 404 Veterans Day Ceremony

Marco Island’s American Legion Post 404 will be hosting a Veterans Day Ceremony at the Marco Island Lutheran Church at 525 North Collier Boulevard, Marco Island on November 11, 2021 at 11:00 AM to honor all veterans of America’s Armed Forces. All are welcome to participate in this celebration of our brave men and women past and present who willing served to defend our freedoms. The ceremony will be held in the Lutheran Church sanctuary which has a capacity for 400. Seating will be on a first come basis with Veterans having priority.

Veteran’s Day was created by a resolution of Congress in 1926 for an annual observance of veterans. In 1938 Veteran’s Day was identified as the National Holiday. November 11th was chosen because it was the day the armistice was signed to end the Great War, WWI. Unlike Memorial Day, Veterans Day pays tribute to all American veterans—living or dead—but especially gives thanks to living veterans who served their country honorably during war or peacetime. Because COVID cancelled Memorial Day ceremonies the last two years, Post 404 will honor those who sacrificed all along with those who served and came home during this ceremony.

The ceremony will include a presentation on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Post Chaplin Bill Duncan as well as a flag ceremony and music. Lee Rubenstein, Post 404 Commander, will be the Master of Ceremony (MC).