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2026 Veterans Day ceremonies, discounts at Green Bay-area businesses
(This story has been updated to add new information.) Veterans Day is Nov. 11. It's a federal holiday that honors those we served in the armed forces during war or peacetime. Begun as Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919, it became an annual observance in 1926 and a national holiday in 1938. It was renamed as Veterans Day in 1954. Post offices and many banks are closed for the federal holiday , a number of businesses offer discounts to veterans and active military personnel. You usually need a military ID or proof that you are a veteran to take advantage of these deals. Veterans Day ceremonies The following ceremonies are scheduled for Nov. 11: United Patriotic Society of Green Bay Veterans Day Ceremony: 10-11 a.m., Neville Public Museum, 210 Museum Place, Green Bay. The ceremony will end with taps and a 21-gun salute from the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 224 Rifle Squad. Veterans Day observance at St. Norbert College : 8:30-9:30 a.m., Campus Center Lounge, 100 Grant St., De Pere. Chancellor’s Veterans Reception: 4-6 pm., Weidner Center Grand Foyer, on the UW-Green Bay campus. The reception is to celebrate veterans and military-affiliated students and recognize those who support their
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New metal arts gallery opens in downtown Green Bay | Streetwise
A local scrap metal artist opened a new downtown Green Bay art gallery and workshop to showcase his work and the work of other Wisconsin-based metal artists. Shane Keith on Nov. 1 held a soft opening at The Finer Side of Scrap , 226 N. Adams St., and plans to host a formal grand opening with community leaders in early December. The gallery will feature works of metal art made by seven different artists, including Keith, that offer a variety of styles. You might recognize Keith as a regular vendor at local events like ArtFest and farmers markets where he sells under the name S.K. Scrap Art . He transforms scrap metal, bolts, screws, silverware and other found metal into figurative sculptures of guitar players, flowers, bolt figures offering up a flower and birds. "I try to use random, everyday stuff people may have at their homes," Keith said. "Or old hand tools and materials that trigger some nostalgia." Keith first got interested in metal art as a kid when he visited Dr. Evermor's Sculpture Park in Sauk County on a school field trip. It was a hobby of his for many years, but about three years ago he decided
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Indigenous fashion show and quillwork highlight Woodland Indian Art Show and Market
ONEIDA (WLUK) --The Woodland Indian Art Show and Market returns to Oneida. The annual event is hosted by the nonprofit, Woodland Indian Art, Inc. Woodland Indian Arts uses a variety of materials such as porcupine quills, moose hair, black ash and birch baskets, flat and raised beadwork. This two-day event...