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How Do You Honor Local Veterans?

Veterans Day gives you a chance to show appreciation for local veterans and their sacrifices.

There are two local parades and ceremonies taking place Friday – the 10:45 a.m. ceremony at Smithtown Veterans Plaza on Main Street, and the St. James Veterans Day Parade that begins on Lake Avenue at Woodlawn Avenue, beginning at 10 a.m.

While parades and ceremonies are taking place, a .

We'd like to know if you do anything in honor of veterans on Veterans Day – attend a parade or ceremony, visit a cemetery to leave flowers for a fallen relative who served in the military, take a veteran out to lunch, or any other activity you might participate in.

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