Stillwater Veterans Memorial hosts Veterans Day ceremony honoring local service members

Wednesday is a day to celebrate veterans, and in Stillwater, many local heroes are being honored at the city’s memorial.

The annual Veterans Day celebration will take place at the Stillwater Veterans Memorial that honors 125 former students of Stillwater schools who were killed in U.S. wars from the Civil War through Vietnam.

The memorial also recognizes that eight are still missing and 23 never returned home and are buried in 13 American Battle Monuments cemeteries around the world.

The ceremony, which begins at 11:30 a.m., will honor St. Croix Valley area veterans from all branches of the armed forces with Patriotic music featuring the Croix Chordsmen and Michelle Rose Berg. Organizers also said the event will include a ...