Local Veterans Day Events

1) There are Veterans Day free meals, discounts, and events for veterans and their families across the Winchester area and nationwide! Follow these links and/or visit these organizations to review just a few of them:

https://news.va.gov/109711/veterans-day-discounts-free-meals/

https://www.military.com/veterans-day/restaurants-veterans-day-military-discounts.html

• Shenandoah University will host a free screening of "HERE.IS.BETTER." at 5 p.m. Thursday, November 10, in Stimpson Auditorium, Halpin-Harrison Hall, 600 Millwood Ave., Winchester. This documentary explores trauma therapy sessions and gives hope to veterans battling post traumatic stress disorder. The event will begin with hors d'oeuvres at 4:30 p.m. Following the screening, there will be a question-and-answer panel with a dinner buffet afterward. Note: the film contains scenes from combat, a fireworks display, and mature themes of suicide, sexual assault and violence.

• Boy Scout Troop 34 will conduct a flag retirement ceremony at 7 p.m. Thursday, November 10, at Rose Hill Park, 35 E. Main St., Berryville. American flags that are worn beyond repair may be dropped off at the flag disposal receptacle outside the entrance to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9760 at 425 S. Buckmarsh St., Berryville.

• Veterans Day Assembly on Friday, November 11, at Handley High School, Winchester. Breakfast at 8:30 a.m. in the Student Union.

• The American Red Cross and the Sons of the American Revolution will host a ceremony at 11 a.m. Friday, November 11, honoring all veterans at Winchester National Cemetery, 401 National Ave., Winchester.

• The Clarke County Veterans Day Service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, November 11, at the county's Veterans Memorial located on the west side of the Berryville-Clarke County Government Center at 101 Chalmers Court, Berryville. The Clarke County Community Band will provide music, and there will be a ceremonial wreath laying. Afterward, VFW Post 9760 will host an open house for veterans and their families. Light refreshments and desserts will be served. The post is located at 425 S. Buckmarsh St.

• Middletown will have a Veterans Day ceremony at 1 p.m. Friday, November 11, at the Veterans Memorial on Main Street.

• Shenandoah University will host a free screening of "HERE.IS.BETTER." at 5 p.m. Thursday, November 10, in Stimpson Auditorium, Halpin-Harrison Hall, 600 Millwood Ave., Winchester. This documentary explores trauma therapy sessions and gives hope to veterans battling post-traumatic stress disorder. The event will begin with hors d'oeuvres at 4:30 p.m. Following the screening, there will be a question-and-answer panel with a dinner buffet afterward. Note: the film contains scenes from combat, a fireworks display, and mature themes of suicide, sexual assault and violence.