CENTERVILLE, Ohio -- City parks, schools, VFW's, retirement homes - all among the sites of Veterans Day observances around the Miami Valley today.

One of those was this morning in Centerville, a joint effort the city and VFW Post 9559 at Stubbs Park at the Veterans Memorial.

That ceremony included color guard presentations from VFW Post 9559 and the Washington Township Fire Department and the Centerville Police Department honor guards.

The keynote address came from Lt. Col. Wendy Larson, deputy commander of the 88th Mission Support Group, 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patt.

There were also musical performances, a presentation by a local Cub Scout pack and a reading of the Gettysburg Address.

Elsewhere, Miami Valley Hospital honored its employees who have served in the military at the hospital chapel.

Beavercreek's held a Veterans Day service is set at Veterans Memorial Park.

A number of veterans attended an event at the St. Charles Elementary School gym in Kettering.

One social studies class at the Green County Career Center video-conferenced with soldiers in Afghanistan and/or Iraq.

In Springfield, the Grand Court Assisted Living Community included a 21-gun-salute and a flag presentation to their oldest veteran resident.

Coming up Friday, Wright Patterson Air Force Base will be holding it's Military Retiree's Appreciation Day at the Hope Hotel starting at 8 a.m.