Lourdes University will host a Veterans Day event on Friday, Nov. 11 from 11am to 11:30am in the Franciscan Center, 6832 Convent Blvd., in Sylvania. This year’s event will feature the 180th Fighter Wing Air National Honor Guard, who will conduct a flag folding ceremony and speech. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served directly following. Members of the media are invited to attend.

“This is a day for remembrance and celebration of all who served in our Armed Forces sacrificing their blood, sweat, tears, family and time to serve this great nation. Most of all, we want to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice so that we may live. Let us pray and be thankful for all who have answered the call to serve, and live life to our greatest potential to honor their sacrifices.”-Robert L. Garza III, Lourdes University Veteran Affairs Coordinator and College of Business and Leadership Instructor