Veterans Day Observance

About the Event

Johnson County’s 2024 Veterans Day Observance will take place at the Kansas National Guard Armory, 18200 West 87th Street Parkway, Lenexa, KS, located just west of Renner Road.

The event, starting at 11 a.m., will honor all veterans from all Armed Forces for their military service. Mike Kelly, chair of the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners, will emcee the program. The program will include:

- Music from the American Legion Band of Greater Kansas City

- A drill from the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps of Shawnee Mission North High School

- Presentation of colors and memorial wreaths

- Playing of "Taps"

The program will also feature addresses from Eric Rohleder, Deputy Director, Kansas Office of Veterans Services, and Joel Evans, University of Kansas, Ph.D. candidate in anthropology and U.S. Army veteran.

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