Shoreline Veterans event Monday at 2pm, City Hall

The Third Annual Veterans' Day event, sponsored by the Shoreline Veterans organization and the City of Shoreline, will take place on Monday, November 12, 2pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave N, Shoreline 98133.

Organizer Dwight Stevens said that the keynote speaker will be Lt. Col. Benjamin Starnes, MD, who ran a medical unit in Afghanistan. Lt. Col. Starnes is now practicing medicine at Swedish and the UW.

Two students from the Shoreline Youth Ambassadors organization will speak.

An Army chaplain will do the invocation, and the Navy Sea Cadets will present the colors.

In addition to Lt. Col. Starnes, three Army veterans will be honored during the ceremony.

The public is encouraged to attend, to honor all our veterans.