Friday, November 11 is Veterans Day and City offices will be closed for the holiday. Trash, recycling, and yard waste normally collected on Fridays will be picked up Saturday. There will be no street sweeping on Friday and enforcement of parking meters and resident parking permits will not be in effect.

Each year for the past four, members associated with Historic Somerville, the Somerville Museum, and the City’s Historic Preservation Commission have organized a brief event to help honor some of Somerville’s oldest veterans, from the American Revolution and the War of 1812 who are buried in the City’s historic Milk Row Cemetery on Somerville Avenue. For those who may not be aware, the much newer Cemetery on Broadway, on Clarendon Hill, is the home of the 69 soldiers who proudly served in World War II and beyond, and were killed in action.

The public is invited to partake in the very brief ceremony on Veteran’s Day from 2:30-3pm at the Milk Row Cemetery. The Rembrance Program will include a bugler and the laying of a poppy wreath in front of the 1863 Civil War Monument by local members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts and other Somerville residents and visitors. The event will be videotaped by the City for viewing on our local cable station.

The Cemetery is located at 400 Somerville Ave., next to the Market Basket parking lot. All members of the public are welcome, and the site is ADA compliant. For more info., contact eschofield2014@gmail.com