Annual Veterans Day program set for Wednesday morning

The traditional 11th-hour, 11th-month, 11th-day Veterans Day program is scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11 at the Putnam County Courthouse in Greencastle.

The ceremony will be conducted on the north side of the courthouse, where it was moved to a few years ago when construction prohibited use of the south-side location. The resulting move has distanced the ceremony from the noise and danger of highway traffic, while making speakers easier to hear during the program.

The ceremony will include an Honor Guard of VFW and American Legion veterans firing a traditional 21-gun salute and the laying of wreaths at the base of the individual war memorials on the square.

The public is urged to attend and to social distance where possible.