40 & 8, Voiture 333 and the Smith-Cotton JROTC will host the annual Veterans’ Day parade at 3 p.m. Nov. 11.

This year’s Veterans Day Parade will begin at 3:15 p.m. Nov. 11 at Seventh Street and Ohio Avenue and end at Main Street and Lamine Avenue.

The second annual Veterans Day Parade, sponsored by the 40 & 8 with the JROTC, will be at 3 p.m. Nov. 11.

Area veterans were honored and remembered Wednesday for the sacrifices they have made or are currently making to ensure freedom for all U.S. citizens through multiple activities in Sedalia during Veterans Day.

A variety of events are scheduled on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, to honor the service of area veterans.

The annual Veterans Day Parade will begin at 10 a.m. Nov. 10 in downtown Sedalia. There is no fee to enter. The theme is “America the Beautiful.” To participate, call 660-287-3812.

On Nov. 11, I experienced and had the best day in my whole life and that was being a part of Veterans Day in Sedalia.

• Crossroads Hospice will recognize dozens of Sedalia veterans for their service to the country in a patriotic ceremony led by Crossroads Hospice staff, volunteer veterans and active service members. Veterans will receive lapel pins, flags and certificates.

This year Veterans Day will be celebrated over two days.

Entries are needed for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade hosted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2591 Ladies Auxiliary. The parade will begin at 10 a.m. March 16 in downtown Sedalia. The deadline to enter is Sunday.

South Ohio Avenue will run green on Saturday during the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in downtown Sedalia.

I would like to thank all the fine participants in the Veterans Day parade on Nov. 11. There were more than 100 vehicles. Ohio Avenue was lined with hundreds of people cheering the bands, the floats, the marching units and all the others who walked or drove along the parade route. I greatly appreciate each one who came out to see the parade.

Thanks to all who have served and are serving. Veterans Day is our “honor and remember” day. Regardless of when you served or what your job was, you served and we are all brothers in arms.

Marguerite and Jim Ellis proudly display an O’Daniels Clan banner in a St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday in downtown Sedalia. The O’Daniels come from his mother’s side, Jim Ellis said. The parade was sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2591 Ladies Auxiliary. The auxiliary hosted an Irish stew and chili luncheon and an auction after the parade.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2591 Ladies Auxiliary is celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with a cake walk, parade, lunch and auction on March 12.

Dwayne O’Brien, award-winning, Grammy-nominated, singer-songwriter and founding member of the multi-platinum group Little Texas, will perform his song, “We Remember,” at the Salute to Veterans Honored Guests and Volunteers Banquet on May 26 at the Mizzou Arena. This song has been incorporated into the Heritage Flight Program of the USAF A-10 Demonstration Teams for the past 10 years at airshows across the United States and Canada.