Maple Grove-Area Organizations To Host Veterans Day Ceremony

MAPLE GROVE, MN — Two local veterans organizations are set to host a Veterans Day ceremony Thursday in Maple Grove to honor all who have served in the U.S. armed forces.

The Osseo-Maple Grove American Legion Post 172 and Maple Grove Beyond the Yellow Ribbon are partnering to put on a short ceremony, which is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Veterans Memorial in Maple Grove’s Central Park.

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The ceremony will be moved inside the park’s Phenow Pavilion if there is bad weather, organizers said.

The Maple Grove Veterans Memorial opened in July 2019 after several years of planning by the Maple Grove Beyond the Yellow Ribbon organization.

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Veterans Day, commemorated each year 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.