Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel chats with a JROTC Chicago Public Schools student at a Veteran's Day commemoration ceremony at Soldier Field, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015 in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Media via AP)
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CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel plan to attend this year's Veterans Day ceremony at Soldier Field.
They're among Illinoisans marking the holiday on Wednesday.
Honor Flight of the Quad Cities said starting Wednesday it will accept applications from veterans who served during the Vietnam War era to begin going on free trips to Washington to visit war memorials.
The Housing Authority of Joliet says it will receive nearly $149,000 in federal vouchers to provide housing to homeless veterans.
And in Camp Point in western Illinois students at Central Junior High School spent Tuesday on their eighth annual "Take a Veteran to School Day." Navy veteran Fred Bessell of Camp Point was one of more than 50 veterans who attended. He said it's "neat to know the kids appreciate you."
U.S. Air Force Veteran Robert Chapman Buckley, 92, who served in WWII and the Korean War, participates in a Veteran's Day commemoration ceremony at Soldier Field, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015 in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/ Sun-Times Media via AP)
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A wreath-laying ceremony is performed at the Doughboy Statue during a Veteran's Day commemoration ceremony at Soldier Field, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015 in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/ Sun-Times Media via AP)
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Gov. Bruce Rauner chats with veterans at a Veteran's Day commemoration ceremony at Soldier Field, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015 in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Media via AP)
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U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran, chats with U.S. Army Public Affairs Master Sgt. Michael Montello, at a Veteran's Day commemoration ceremony at Soldier Field, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015 in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/ Sun-Times via AP)
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