For the past 71 years, Veterans Day has been a national holiday (and Armistice Day for the 35 years before that) to recognize and honor Americans who served our country in the military.

With Veterans Day coming up Nov. 11, several organizations in Door County and a Kewaunee County school have planned special events over the next few days to honor them. Here's a look at those events.

A concert of patriotic music

The Peninsula Symphonic Band and its Swingin' Door Big Band play their annual "Let Freedom Ring" Veteran's Day concert at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Sturgeon Bay.

The symphonic band will play patriotic selections highlighted by “Letters for Home,” a three-movement composition by Peter Meacham in which each movement is preceded by the reading of a soldier

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