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Sarasota News Leader November 8, 2013 Page 72 VETERANS DAY PARADE AND CEREMONY SET FOR NOV. 11 The City of Sarasota, in conjunction with the Sarasota Patriotic Observance Committee, will host the annual Veterans Day parade in downtown Sarasota on Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 11, starting at 10 a.m., the city has announced. "The parade and ceremony are opportunities for the citizens of Sarasota to honor not only veterans of the Armed Services but police officers, sheriff's deputies, firefighters and emergency medical personnel," said Dan Kunkel, the Patriotic Observance Committee president, in the news release. The annual event will begin at the intersection of Main Street and Osprey Avenue "and will continue Sarasota's longstanding history of honoring military personnel," a news release says. At the conclusion of the parade, a ceremony will be held at Chaplain J.D. Hamel Park at the intersection of Main Street and Gulfstream Avenue. It is expected to begin at approximately 11 a.m. The public is encouraged to attend. The theme for the 2013 Veterans Day ceremony is Service and Sacrifice, the release notes. Among the units appearing in the parade will be those representing veterans service organizations, law enforcement agencies and fire departments, as well as color guards, marching bands, local high school Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps units, civic organizations and historical military equipment. In observance of Veterans Day, the City of Sarasota administration offices will be closed The keynote speaker for the ceremony will be on Nov. 11. Along with City Hall, the Federal state Rep. Greg Steube of District 73, which Building and the Public Works Department includes Sarasota and Manatee counties, the will be closed. However, solid waste and recyrelease notes. cling collection will not be impacted. Veterans win applause from the crowd as the 2012 Veterans Day Parade heads down Main Street in Sarasota. Photo by Norman Schimmel