The Johnson County Veterans Day observance carried on its traditional recognition of local veterans on Thursday, Nov. 11, beginning at 11 a.m. For the second year, the ceremony was available online only to reduce/contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Learn more about our Veteran's Day observance.

A lot has changed since Sept. 11, 2001. Since December 2001, a joint resolution of Congress has designated Sept. 11 each year as Patriot Day. In 2009, Congress passed legislation requesting the observance of a “National Day of Service and Remembrance” on Patriot Day.

Learn more about the county's remembrance of 9/11.