Lombard commemorates Veterans Day with Nov. 11 ceremony

On Tuesday, Nov. 11, the village of Lombard invites the community to honor our military veterans at the Veterans Day ceremony at 11 a.m. at the Sunken Garden in Lombard Common Park, near the intersection of Grace and Maple streets.

The ceremony will begin with a welcome from Lombard Village President Anthony Puccio, followed by an invocation from Pastor Jill Terpstra of First Church of Lombard.

This year’s keynote speaker will be Lombard resident and Vietnam veteran Tom Zilla. He served with the U.S. Army’s First Corps Aviation Company as a flight operations specialist and a gunner on Huey helicopters. He currently serves as Commander of VFW Lilac Post 5815 and has been a Lombard resident for more than 40 years.

During the ceremony, Olive Turner, a student from Glenbard East High School, will perform “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “God Bless America.”

Glenbard East bugler Benjamin Castro-Jimenez will play the call to Assembly and Retreat. Additionally, members of the Lombard Junior Women's Club will be handing out American flags in commemoration.

In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be moved indoors to Lombard Village Hall, 255 E Wilson Ave.

The event is supported by Lilac VFW Post 5815 and American Legion Lombard Post 391 and is hosted by the Village of Lombard.

For more information, contact Lombard’s communications office at communications@villageoflombard.org or (630) 620-5718.