Jeff Cooper, president of Culver City Exchange, places a ribbon on each flag with the name of a veteran for a display called “Tribute to Heroes” to mark Veterans Day along Overland Avenue in Culver City on Wednesday.
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Veterans Day has its roots in a proclamation issued by President Woodrow Wilson in November 1919, a year after World War I ended, designating Nov. 11 as Armistice Day. States soon started declaring Nov. 11 a legal holiday. Congress made it a federal holiday in 1938, dedicated to the cause of world peace. In 1954, Armistice Day became Veterans Day and the focus became honoring U.S. veterans of all wars.
In the COVID-19 era, however, the Veterans Day holiday means no crowded parades and few ceremonies.
Los Angeles
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Culver City
National Guardsman Ryan Cho, who recently came back from a tour in Afghanistan, visits the “Tribute to Heroes” Veterans Day display.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Venice
A mural on Pacific Avenue in Venice features the names of some of the 2,273 Vietnam veterans who remain listed as missing in action. The mural is sponsored by the National Veterans Foundation.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Santa Monica
The Ferris wheel at Santa Monica Pier features a patriotic display in honor of Veterans Day.
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Riverside
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Los Angeles
Julie Robinson, 56, who served in the Air Force in the 1980s, brought more than 100 flags to place on veterans’ grave markers to honor Veterans Day at Los Angeles National Cemetery.
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Palmdale
Volunteer Colleen Metzger folds one of 2,020 American flags— to mark the year 2020 — honoring veterans at the Palmdale Healing and Honor Field at Pelona Vista Park in Palmdale.
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Murrieta
Miles Covington,10, put his hand on his mom, Jessica Matthews, with his sister, Mya Covington, 11, of Temecula while reading a soldier’s placard at the Field of Honor on Veterans Day in Murrieta.
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Santa Ana
Tommy Cota, a pastor of Hope Alive Church in Santa Ana, takes photos of the “Among Heroes” veterans memorial mural that honors the military service of nearly 200 local Mexican Americans outside La Chiquita Grocery in Santa Ana. “It really highlights the Chicano and Hispanic heritage and all men and women of color who fought for our freedom,” Cota said. “Never forget. This building is a staple in Santa Ana. It highlights how we as a community honor those who fought for our liberties and freedoms.”
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Virginia
President Trump participates in a wreath-laying ceremony on Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
(Patrick Semansky / Associated Press)
Hollywood
Levi Tinker, theater operations manager at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre, adds a salute to Humphrey Bogart’s square featuring his handprints and footprints. Bogart was a Navy veteran.
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Pennsylvania
Flags mark the graves of veterans at Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Mount Lebanon, Pa.
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Massachusetts
In advance of Veterans Day in Quincy, Mass., a field of flags honors those who served.
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Washington, D.C.
A man visits the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington on Wednesday, finding where his brother’s name is engraved.
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New York
A Navy and Marine Corps honor guard joins in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Eternal Light Flagstaff memorial in Madison Square Park in New York. The ceremony preceded a quiet 100-vehicle Veterans Day Parade, with no spectators, maintaining a 101-year tradition.
(Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)
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