Veterans Day 2025, the 107th anniversary of the original Armistice Day celebration, will be observed at 11 am at the Veterans Memorial Building, 126 First Street West in Sonoma. The ceremony is sponsored by local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1943, the VFW Auxiliary, and American Veterans (AMVETS).
VFW Post 1943 and Sonoma Valley Hospital invite the public to breakfast at 10 am preceding the 11 am ceremony. SVH’s Vitality Cafe is sending over fruit platters, yogurt and granola to complement the pastries provided by the VFW. Between 150 and 200 attendees are expected.
Keynote speaker of the event is Sonoman Gene Campagna, an Army vet who served in Vietnam as a RTO, a radio man, in a very active infantry unit. Fellow Vet Fred Coglitzer said “Campagna is a survivor.” Campagna currently serves as Chaplain of the local VFW post, making visits to vets who are hospitalized or ill or needing help in other facilities…