MENDOTA – The 2020 Mendota Veterans Day program will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11 at Veterans Park in downtown Mendota. The Veterans organizations request those attending observe proper social distancing.

The Mendota VFW Post #4079 Veterans Memorial Squad, its Auxiliary and Mendota American Legion Post #540 will participate in the program.

The purpose of the program is to honor and remember all Veterans, both alive and deceased, for their commitment and contribution to our present way of life, and the benefits of liberty and freedom on both domestic and foreign soil.

The program schedule is as follows:

• Introductions – Bill Hunt, U.S. Navy Veteran
• Presentation of Colors – Mendota VFW Post #4079 Veterans Memorial Squad and Mendota American Legion Post #540
• Pledge of Allegiance – Audience
• Invocation – Jason Donahue, U.S. Navy Post Chaplain
• Firing of Volley – Mendota VFW Post #4079 Veterans Memorial Squad
• Taps – Mendota VFW Post #4079 Veterans Memorial Squad
• Benediction – Jason Donahue, U.S. Navy Post Chaplain