The Islander and the city of Holmes Beach invite the public to the annual Veterans Salute on Friday, Nov. 11, which is Veterans Day.
The program will be held outside Holmes Beach City Hall, 5801 Marina Drive, and adjacent to the Anna Maria Island Veterans Memorial Plaque.
There will be coffee provided by the Anna Maria Island Beach Cafe and breakfast pastries provided by The Islander at 8:30 a.m., followed by the program at 9 a.m.
The American Legion Kirby-Stewart Post Honor Guard will participate, as will island veterans, including Holmes Beach Mayor Bob Johnson, who served in Vietnam.
Mike Sales will provide music.
For more information, call The Islander at 941-778-7978.
The city of Anna Maria also will hold a Veterans Day program — a ceremony dedicating a flag pole at City Pier Park, North Bay Boulevard and Pine Avenue, at 1 p.m.
Members of the Anna Maria Island Concert Chorus and Orchestra will perform. There also will be a bagpiper performance and presentation by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office color guard.
For more information, call city hall at 941-708-6130.
Additionally, the Center of Anna Maria Island’s Beyond the Classroom students will host a luncheon 11:30 am.-1 p.m. on Veterans Day.
For more information or to RSVP, call the center, 407 Magnolia Ave., Anna Maria, at 941-778-1908.
Then 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, CrossPointe Fellowship, 8605 Gulf Drive, Holmes Beach, will host the Community BBQ and Veterans Tribute.
The program will include remarks by Capt. Guy Gruters, a fighter pilot who served in Vietnam was a prisoner of war. Also, students at Manatee High School Anna Maria Elementary will perform, as well as Micah Sandowich and Band.
Lunch will include barbecue pork, chicken and “all the fixins.”
For more information, call the church at 941-778-0719.
Earlier on the calendar, the Manatee Community Concert Band will perform a patriotic concert and tribute to veterans.
The program, “Let Freedom Ring,” will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at Manatee High School, 902 33rd St. Court W., Bradenton.
For more information about the free concert, call 941-462-3188.
