City of Murfreesboro, TN

11/07/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/07/2024 10:21

City offices, some facilities, closing Veterans Day Nov. 11

City Hall and most City offices will be closed Monday, Nov 11, 2024, in observance of Veterans Day, a day to honor the heroism and sacrifice of our nation's veterans. St. Clair Street Senior Center will be closed Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

The Solid Waste Department will be closed Veterans Day. Monday's service will be moved to Tuesday. Tuesday's service will be moved to Wednesday.

Murfreesboro Transit , the City's public transportation system, will not run Nov. 11, 2024.

City Golf courses, Old Fort and Bloomfield Links will remain open regular hours on Veterans Day.

Adams Tennis Complex will be open Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

McFadden Community Center, Sports*Com, Wilderness Station, Cannonsburgh, and Bradley Academy Museum, will be closed Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 11. The Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation Department Main Office, located at 2140 N. Thompson Lane, will be closed Nov. 11.

Paterson Park Community Center will be closed Veterans Day.

On the MTSU campus, the 42nd Annual Salute to Veterans and Armed Forces ceremony begins at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 9, 2024, with a Veterans Memorial Service as part of pregame ceremonies at Floyd Stadium in the Noon match-up between the Blue Raiders and Liberty Flames.

On Saturday, Nov.16, 2024, the VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System is hosting its Annual Veterans Day Parade on the York VA Medical Center Campus, 3400 Lebanon Rd., Pre-parade festivities begin at 10 a.m. and the parade starts at 11 a.m.

Veterans Day is an official U.S. holiday which honors men and women who have served in the armed forces during all wars. It is a federal holiday that is observed each year in the U.S on Nov. 11. Veterans Day is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice, which ended World War I hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany in 1918.

In 1919, the first Armistice Day commemoration, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the day should be "filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory." Armistice Day and Remembrance Day are holidays celebrated in other parts of the world that also mark the anniversary of the end of World War I.

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