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ROSALIA — The Rosalia Veterans Park is hosting its annual Veterans Day Program on Saturday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. in the Veterans Memorial Park, located behind the Texaco Station Visitor Center on Whitman Avenue.

This year’s speaker is retired Private First Class (PFC) Tony Blount, who served in Vietnam with Delta Company, USMCP, and is a Purple Heart recipient.

Blount works regularly at the Malden, Rosalia, and Spangle food banks.

Pastor Mike Hill will give the invocation, and Bruce Henning will play taps during the program. Volunteer Sherry Hames said the rifle team would perform the...