Update: Col. Matt Oleen, deputy chief of staff, Kansas Army National Guard, will be the guest speaker at the Overbrook Veterans Day luncheon. Lunch begins at 11 a.m. and the program begins at 12:30 p.m.

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Veterans Day will be celebrated on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016 at the Anderson-Raible American Legion Post 239 in Overbrook, and everyone is invited to attend. There will be a soup and dessert lunch beginning at 11 a.m. All veterans will be recognized. A short program will follow the meal.

A freewill donation is suggested, with funds to be used to help purchase another bench for the Veterans Memorial at the city park. The event is sponsored by the Overbrook Veterans Memorial Committee, which erected the memorial and continues to maintain it.

Veterans Day is on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016.