Westfield and Southwick will commemorate Veterans Day tomorrow with ceremonies and parades.
In Southwick, a short parade is set to take place from the Summer House down College Highway to the town’s War Memorial on the Green at the corner of Depot Street.
Town officials and veterans will meet at the Summer House at 9:30 a.m. and a ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. at the newly renovated War Memorial.
Westfield veterans organizations and city officials will gather at 10:30 a.m. in front of the main branch of Westfield Bank on Elm Street and begin the parade.
The parade will follow Elm Street south to Parker Memorial Park on West Silver Street. The ceremony is hosted by the American Legion Posts 454.
A memorial service will be held at Parker Memorial Park at about 11 a.m.
The 104th Air National Guard of Westfield will participate in a special luncheon for 17 Heritage Woods Assisted Living veterans tomorrow at noon, and Westfield Veterans Services Director Bobby Callahan will speak to veterans in an area nursing home.
The next veteran event scheduled in Westfield is a Pearl Harbor Ceremony at Kane & Wojtkiewicz Park hosted by American Legion Post 124 Dec. 7 at 10:00 a.m.
