The National D-Day Memorial will host its annual Veterans Day observance ceremony on Tuesday, November 11, at 11 a.m. at the Memorial in Bedford. Veterans in attendance will be recognized during the ceremony. Memorial admission on November 11 will be free until noon for the public and free all day for all veterans. Guests are encouraged to bring their own chairs. No pets (service animals welcome). Guided tours will begin at 1p.m.
Major General John P. McLaren Jr. – U.S. Army (Ret.), Keynote Speaker
John P. McLaren Jr. served in the United States Army from 1974 to 2011, retiring at the rank of Major General, with more than thirty-seven years of active and reserve status service. Major General McLaren served as the last Commander of the 80th Division and the first Commanding General of the 80th Training Command (TASS) from May 17, 2008 to August 29, 2011. During this assignment, the newly reconstituted 80th Training Command (TASS) trained over 100,000 soldiers of the Army Reserve, National Guard, and Regular Army in over 160 distinct courses of instruction in all Combat Service and Combat Service Support Military Occupational Specialties in the Army. The 80th Training Command, during his tenure, became a national command with units in 34 States and with soldiers residing in all 50 states…