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Veterans Day honors military personnel

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Veterans Day is Wednesday, November 11.

Veterans Day is intended to honor and thank all military personnel who served the United States in all wars.

Veterans Day annually falls on November 11. This day is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice, which ended the World War I hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany in 1918. Veterans are thanked for their services to the United States.

Ron Schnorenberg is a spokesman for Hartford Veteran groups, including the American Legion 19, United Vietnam Veterans of Hartford and Veterans of Foreign Wars #8834. He told WTKM that Hartford's Veteran Community will host a Veterans Day dinner on Wednesday, November 11 at the Hartford Senior Center. A social hour begins at 5 p.m. with dinner at 6 p.m. at 750 Highland Avenue, in the City of Hartford.