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Parades, free meals top list of local Veterans’ Day events

GREENVILLE, SC (FOX Carolina) –

America will say thank you to Veterans in observance of Veterans’ Day on Monday.

Numerous events honoring veterans in the Upstate began have been scheduled for Sunday and Monday. Numerous restaurants are also offering veterans and service members free meals and special menu offers.

The Anderson Veterans’ Day parade begins at 3:00 p.m. Sunday in downtown Anderson. Veterans from the M.J. Dolly Cooper Veterans’ Home will participate in the event, along with numerous other floats, vehicles, and community members. The parade route covers a stretch of Main Street between Greenville and River Streets.

You can get a glimpse at what battlefield life was like for Revolutionary War soldiers at the Kings Mountain National Park in Cherokee County.

The Backcountry Militia will be staging an encampment at the Visitor’s Center from 9:00 .am. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.

 

Chili’s restaurants said they are making it easy to salute wounded veterans on Sunday. Restaurants said they will donate 10 percent of customers’ total bills to the Wounded Warrior Project. The restaurant chain said customers must mention the Nationwide Give Back Event to serves for the money

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