ALAMOSA — Dickey-Springer Post 113, American Legion and the Ladies Auxiliary invite the public to participate in the annual Veterans Day Parade on Main Street in Alamosa on Monday, Nov. 11.  

Anyone wanting to participate in the parade to recognize Veterans, past and present, should contact Jack Rudder at 719-588-9838 or Monte Collins at 719-589-4142. The parade will form beginning at 9 a.m. at 6th and LaDue streets and will kick off at approximately 10:50. There will be a short ceremony at Main and State at exactly 11 a.m. 

Originally Veterans Day was called Armistice Day to celebrate the end of World War I. “The Great War”, World War I, officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, Nov. 11, 1919, at 11 a.m., is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.” 

At 11 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 11, a Veterans Day Service hosted by the Elks is held at Basham Park in Creede.