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Today

• BEAVER TOWNSHIP -- Program 11 a.m. at safety building, 601 W. South Range Road, North Lima.

• CORTLAND -- Bridge dedication at 2 p.m. on the East Main Street bridge, adjacent to El Terero Restaurant. Bridge is being renamed the Vietnam Memorial Bridge in honor of two Lakeview High School graduates killed in Vietnam.

• GIRARD -- Girard Veterans Council service with parade at 10:30 a.m. from Boardman Medical Supply parking lot south on Market Street to Liberty Street then west to the Officer Justin Leo Memorial Bridge. Wreath will be cast into the river. Parade then march east to Market Street and north to High Street to the war memorial. Girard Mayor Jim Melfi will be the speaker.

• NILES -- Niles American Legion Post 106 will host a service at 11 a.m. at Niles City Cemetery.

• STRUTHERS -- Struthers city schools will recognize veterans at 11 a.m. at the veterans memorial, corner of Morrison Street and Euclid Avenue. Guest is Chief Master Sgt. Lori Stone.

• YOUNGSTOWN -- The Tri-State Marine Corps League, Detachment No. 494 will conduct the annual program at 11 a.m. in the Courthouse Rotunda.

Sunday

• AUSTINTOWN -- The Veterans Day concert is at 5 p.m. in the Fitch High School gymnasium presented by Austintown Band Parents.

• CORTLAND -- Cortland Christian Church, 153 Grove Drive, will host a special service at 10 a.m. with guest Kenneth David, U.S. Army veteran, who served as a radio operator in the U.S. Army in Vietnam. He received the Distinguished Service Cross.

Monday

• WARREN -- Veteran pinning ceremony at 10 a.m. at the SCOPE Center, 375 N. Park Ave., Warren. Ceremony includes program on history of Veterans Day, patriotic songs, military trivia game and pinning of each veteran. Those veterans wanting to be recognized must RSVP at 330-399-8846 or margeh173@gmail.com.

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