Veterans Day 2022: Events, What's Open, Closed Around Bethesda

BETHESDA, MD — Veterans Day is Friday, Nov. 11 and some Montgomery County services will be closed or altered in honor of the holiday.

Veterans Day, which is commemorated every year on Nov. 11, was first celebrated in 1919 to honor the soldiers who fought in World War I. It was renamed to Veterans Day in 1954 — its original name was Armistice Day.

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.

Montgomery Parks, part of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, is holding a special Veterans Day event on Sunday, Nov. 13.

Military personnel (veterans and active duty) and their families get to skate for free during public sessions at the Wheaton Ice Arena from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 13 and at the Cabin John Ice Rink from 12:30 p.m to 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 13.

Here's what will be open and closed around Bethesda on Friday, Nov. 11:

Montgomery County office buildings: Closed

Montgomery County schools: Open

Montgomery County courts: Closed

Montgomery County libraries: Closed

Alcohol Beverage Services stores: All stores open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Ride On and Ride On extra: Operating on a holiday schedule.

Flash: Operates on weekend schedule (Orange Line only).

Flex: Will be in service.

MARC Train and Commuter Bus: Information available here.

Metro: Metrorail will operate on a Saturday holiday schedule from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. Metrobus will run on a Saturday supplemental schedule. For more information, visit www.wmata.com/service.

Metro parking garages and parking lots: Off-peak fares will be in effect and parking will be free.

Parking at public garages, lots, curbside meters: Free

Trash and recycling: Collection will not occur on Friday. Regular Friday county collections be on Saturday, Nov. 12.

Shady Grove Processing Facility and Transfer Station: Open

County recycling center: Closed

Recreation: Aquatic facilities and community recreation centers will be open. Administrative offices will be closed.