FYI
Published 10:10 pm Thursday, November 8, 2007
Everett honors veterans
Sunday is Veteran’s Day. Naval Station Everett offers its annual Veterans Day Celebration in honor of Armed Forces members past, present and future.
Veterans service organizations also will be present to display information about their groups, including Snohomish County Veterans Assistance, Everett Veterans Center, Veterans Reintegration Services and others.
The celebration is at 11 a.m. today at the Commons Grand Vista Ballroom at Naval Station Everett.
All veterans are invited to attend. Get to the main gate by 10:45 a.m. Inform the gate guards that you are there for the Veteran’s Day program, and you will be directed to the Commons parking lot. No special identification is required.
Veterans Day began as Armistice Day in 1919 as a recognition of the end of World War I. The law recognizing the national holiday was changed in 1954 to rename the day Veterans Day.
Currently, there are about 24 million military veterans living in the United States.
What’s closed for Veterans Day?
Sunday is Veterans Day. Here are some resulting closures:
Government: Federal, state and most local offices will be closed Sunday and Monday.
Post offices: Closed Sunday and Monday, but Express Mail service continues.
Banks: Most banks will be Monday.
Transportation: Buses and ferries will be on regular schedules Sunday and Monday.
The Herald: Home delivery lines will be open from 7:30 a.m. until noon Sunday and Monday at 425-339-3200. Classified lines will be closed Sunday and open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday at 425-339-3100.
Call in news tips to 425-339-3428.
Forgotten Creek work party planned
Friends of Forgotten Creek in Everett are hosting a fall planting work party at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Meet at the north entrance on Bond Street and Kromer Avenue, across from the old train depot garden.
Bring a shovel and pair of gloves. Treats will be provided for volunteers.
For more information, call Bob Jackson, call 425-303-0127.
Contact us
If you have an item for FYI, a news tip or a local story idea, call 425-339-3451 or e-mail newstips@heraldnet.com.
