Veteran’s Day program at Harris St. Park

Veterans and all citizens are invited to observe Veterans Day during a special program set at the U.S. Veterans Monument at Harris Street Park.

The service begins at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11. The program, expected to last about 30 minutes, includes speakers and music provided by Carl Mohn, youth director at Highland Park Baptist Church.

Guests speakers will include the mayor, Joe Parker, and David Hampton, associate pastor of First Baptist Church of Kilgore.

“This program honors all of our veterans, alive and deceased, and we need to honor them now as much as any time in history, especially since we are fighting two wars now,” said John Edney, chair of the Veterans Monument Committee.

Edney said everyone is welcomed to come out and pay their respects.

Veterans may have their names included on the monument for $50 per name through Jan. 1. The normal price is $100, Edney said. To date, the black marble memorial includes the names of more than 1,500 veterans who served from the Civil War to the present.

For more information about the monument call Edney at 903-987-9352 or James Padgett at 903-984-6911.