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Veterans Day events get underway around U.S.

By Photos by Associated Press

Nov. 10, 2020

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Mississippi Air National Guard State Command Chief Master Sgt. Lynn Cole, right, joins Mississippi National Guard Command Sgt. Majors John Raines, center, and Chris Young, second from left, during a Veterans Day Celebration honoring Mississippians who serve and have served in the United States Armed Forces today at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson, Miss.
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Gold Star mother Pam Presley Tolbert, salutes during the playing of Taps at a Veterans Day Celebration honoring Mississippians who serve and have served in the United States Armed Forces, today.
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American flags decorate the gravesite of Carl Lawrence Theodore Carlson, a technician in World War II, in Fort Logan National Cemetery today in Sheridan, Colo. Concerns about the spread of the coronavirus have prompted the cancellation of the parade and memorials to mark Veterans Day on Wednesday.
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Bouquets of flowers stand next to the gravestone of Paul J. DeHerrera, a technical sergeant who served in the U.S Army in World War II and the Korea War, in Fort Logan National Cemetery today in Sheridan, Colo. Concerns about the spread of the coronavirus have prompted the cancellation of the parade and memorials to mark Veterans Day on Wednesday.
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A visitor places a bouquet of flowers in a vase to leave at a grave in Fort Logan National Cemetery today in Sheridan, Colo. Concerns about the spread of the coronavirus have prompted the cancellation of the parade and memorials to mark Veterans Day on Wednesday.
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A field of flags fly in honor of those who served in advance of Veterans Day at the green at Fort Square in Quincy, Mass., today.
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Gold Star mother Pam Presley Tolbert inspects the dog tags attached to the Fallen Soldier Battle Cross, at a Veterans Day Celebration honoring Mississippians who serve and have served in the United States Armed Forces today at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson, Miss. Tolbert's son, Marine Corps Cpl. Michael Brandon Presley was killed in 2005 while serving in Iraq.
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Vietnam veteran Thomas Cheatham Jr., stands as both current and veterans of the various branches of the military are acknowledged during a Veterans Day Celebration honoring Mississippians who serve and have served in the United States Armed Forces today at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson, Miss.
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Active service men and women join veterans and their spouses in saluting during a Veterans Day Celebration honoring Mississippians who serve and have served in the United States Armed Forces today at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson, Miss.
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Adjutant General Janson D. Boyles, left, and Gold Star mother Pam Presley Tolbert, salute during a Veterans Day Celebration honoring Mississippians who serve and have served in the United States Armed Forces, today.
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