Veterans Day In Palos Verdes: How To Honor Military Personnel

PALOS VERDES, CA — The post office and most banks will be closed in Palos Verdes on Thursday in observance of Veterans Day, a federal holiday that honors veterans of the U.S. armed forces.

City hall will be closed for Veterans Day in Palos Verdes. City parks will be open for their regular posted hours. There will be no change in regularly-scheduled trash collection or street sweeping.

No in-person events are planned in Palos Verdes. The city is planning a flag display until Nov. 15 at the following locations:

Intersections:

• Crest Road and Crenshaw Boulevard
• Crest Road and Highridge Road
• Crest Road and Hawthorne Boulevard
• Hawthorne Boulevard and Seamount Drive/Eddinghill Drive
• Hawthorne Boulevard and Palos Verdes Drive West
• Hawthorne Boulevard and Grayslake Road
• Hawthorne Boulevard and Granvia Altamira
• Western Avenue and Toscanini Drive

Entrance Signs:

• Palos Verdes Drive West entrance
• Palos Verdes Drive East at Palos Verdes Drive North entrance
• Hawthorne Boulevard and Palos Verdes Drive North entrance
• Western Ave entrance near Green Hills Memorial Park

Veterans Day, commemorated annually on Nov. 11, was first celebrated in 1919 to honor those who fought in World War I. It was initially called Armistice Day and was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.

The holiday’s origin is tied to the armistice, a temporary end of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany signed in France on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

It became Veterans Day in 1954, shortly following the end of the Korean War and less than a decade after World War II, after various veterans service organizations urged Congress to encompass veterans of all wars in their honor.

While some ceremonies, parades and services may be canceled or altered as the coronavirus pandemic continues, restaurants and other businesses will continue to show their appreciation for veterans and active-military members.

Applebee’s, Bob Evans and Chili’s Grill and Bar are among the national restaurant chains offering free or discounted meals for veterans on Nov. 11, and 7-Eleven is offering a free cup of coffee or Big Gulp.

Other places, such as Golden Corral and Eat'n Park, have offers extended throughout November.

Veterans Day is somewhat related to, and sometimes mistaken for, Memorial Day, the federal holiday on the final Monday of May that is dedicated to those who have died while serving the United States.