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Article: VETERANS DAY EVENTS.(Capital Region)

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November 9, 2009
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TODAY

Veterans Day luncheon, Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winner's Circle, Colonie When: 11:30 a.m. Cost: Veterans, free; non-veterans, $5 Contact: 459-2857, Ext. 303, or http://www.colonieseniors.org Notes: To remember and recognize the service and sacrifice of our veterans.

TUESDAY

Marine Corps Birthday, USS Slater, 141 Broadway (south of Dunn Memorial Bridge), Albany When: Noon Contact: 431-1943 or http://www.ussslater.org Notes: Marines from Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines, recently returned from Iraq, will provide the Color Guard, the Schenectady Marines from the Electric City Detachment will provide the cake detail, the Rev. ...

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