This year’s Veterans Day events in Hollister will include a breakfast, fair, banner presentation, memorial ceremony, parade and barbecue lunch.
The Hollister VFW Post 9242 and American Legion Post 69 are hosting the 14th annual San Benito County Veterans Day Ceremony and Parade in downtown Hollister on Wednesday.
The ceremony will take place at 11:11 am in the Veterans Memorial Building and the parade step off at 1:30 p.m. in downtown Hollister.
This year, organizers will honor a Hollister veteran, Sgt. Brian Jergens, as grand marshal. Jergens was an Army medic sergeant who lost both his legs and suffered a brain injury while deployed in Afghanistan.
Other activities for the day include a breakfast hosted by LULAC at 7 a.m., a fair at 10 a.m., a banner presentation at 10:30 a.m. and a noon BBQ lunch.
For more information, call Frankie Gallagher at (831) 638-6434.
