Veterans Day
Recognizing volunteers who provide military honors at Preston veterans cemetery
Nov 5, 2025
This Veterans Day 2025 we remember those who have served the country and gave of themselves to a greater cause for the continued freedom we enjoy in these United States.
As the first commander of the Memorial Rifle Squad, Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery-Preston, I want to recognize the...
Veterans Day activities planned
Nov 5, 2025
Tuesday, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day, and several activities are planned to honor area veterans of the U.S. armed forces.
Lunch and music at Wild Wings Plaza
Wild Wings Plaza invited veterans and first responders to a lunch and show event on Saturday, Nov. 8. Lunch will be served from noon until 1 p...
A flight to remember
Nov 5, 2025
As an aircraft mechanic in the Army during the Vietnam War, Jim McIlrath developed a love for aviation that has stayed with him ever since.
After enlisting and training, he was stationed in the United States, then Korea for 11 months.
“In Korea I became a tech inspector,” he said. “I inspected...
Kiwanis hears about Arndt’s service as an Army nurse
Nov 20, 2024
During the week of Veterans Day Lake City Kiwanis learned about the life of a U.S. Army nurse from Georgene Arndt.
A Lake City resident, she served in the Army for twenty years: mostly stateside, two tours in Germany and a tour in Vietnam during the conflict there in an evacuation hospital under...
A day to honor those who served
Nov 13, 2024
St. John’s Lutheran School and Roots to Wings Learning Center and Lincoln High School held Veterans Day programs Monday, Nov. 11, to honor veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. The programs featured music, speeches, veteran recognition, and keynote addresses from military personnel.
CORRECTED: Events planned to honor veterans
Nov 6, 2024
Veterans Day is Monday, Nov. 11, and several local events are planned to honor those who have served in the United States Armed Forces.
School Programs
Lincoln High School and St. John’s Lutheran School and Roots to Wings Learning Center have programs planned during the school day on Nov. 11.
St...
Local Veterans Day programs announced
Oct 30, 2024
Veterans Day is Monday, Nov. 11, and local schools have announced programs to honor those who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Community members are invited to attend both events.
St. John’s Lutheran School and Roots to Wings Learning Center will have a program at 11 a.m. that day in...
Local schools honor those who served at Veterans Day programs
Nov 15, 2023
Hundreds of students, school staff, veterans, and community members were in attendance for Veterans Day programs at local schools on Nov. 10.
First up was St. John’s Lutheran School and Roots to Wings Learning Center, which held their program in the school gymnasium.
After the presentation of...
Veterans Day is Saturday, school Veterans Day programs will be Friday
Nov 8, 2023
With Veterans Day, Nov. 11, falling on a Saturday this year, local schools are having their annual Veterans Day programs on the nearest school day on the calendar, Friday, Nov. 10.
St. John’s Lutheran School and Roots to Wings Learning Center will hold its Veterans Day program on Friday, Nov. 10,...
Schools’ Veterans Day events planned for Nov. 10
Nov 1, 2023
With Veterans Day, Nov. 11, falling on a Saturday this year, local schools will be holding their Veterans Day programs on Friday, Nov. 10.
St. John’s Lutheran School and Roots to Wings Learning Center invite the community to join them in honoring all veterans at 10 a.m. that day in the school gym...
Pages
The Lake City Graphic
graphic@lakecitygraphic.com
Ph: 651-345-3316 (M-F 8am-4pm)
Fax: 651-345-4200
P.O. Box 469
111 South 8th Street
Lake City, MN 55041
ISSN 2994-1059 (print) ISSN 2994-1067 (online)