Veterans Day ceremony at Cornelius Veterans Monument
Nov. 11. Hundreds of people came out to the Veterans Day ceremony at the Cornelius Veterans Monument at Rotary Plaza at 11 am on the 11th day of the 11th month of the year.
Speakers included a 97-year-old World World War II veteran, Harold Lee Frank of Davidson County, who was held captive for 10 months in Germany. A snippet of his speech can be heard here.
The National Anthem was performed by members of the Hough High Concert Choir, the invocation was given by Rev. Ellison Bowman, pastor of Torrence Chapel AME Zion Church.
Veterans Day began as Armistice Day after the end of World War I. In 1954, the name was changed to recognize veterans in all wars.
