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Westport to salute its veterans on Nov. 11
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Veterans and all members of the community are invited to attend Veterans Day services next Wednesday, morning Nov. 11 , at Beech Grove Cemetery in Westport.

Veterans are asked to assemble by 8:45 a.m. The service starts at 9. Ronald E. Costa, commander of Disabled American Veterans Chapter #118, Westport, said that the chaplain,. Navy Lt. (ret.) Emil Fuller will offer prayers and there will be a salute “honoring men and women who proudly served our country in time of need.

“Veterans Day is a day set aside to remember our veterans living, dead, missing and those kept in some forsaken place as prisoners, unknown by their comrades or families,” he said.

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Flag retirement

Westport veterans will also conduct a flag retirement ceremony on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11.

The noon ceremony will be held at the W.A.&R. Ouellette Veterans of Foreign Wars Post, 843 State Road, Westport. Anyone with an old, torn or weathered American flag may bring it to the event for proper, ceremonial retirement.

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