Veterans Day Commemoration

Army veteran and police officer Josh Hanson will deliver the keynote address at the 2026 Community Veterans Day Commemoration on Friday, November 13.

The public event will begin at 10 am in the Red Wing High School gymnasium.

After graduating from RWHS in 1999, Hanson entered the U.S. Army as an infantryman, serving in the Special Operations Command.

He deployed with the initial ground campaigns of the Global War on Terror in 2001, beginning a career centered on military service, public safety, leadership, and community service.

The Veterans Day commemoration is traditionally held the Friday closest to November 11, which is a Wednesday this year.

There will be military and tribal color guards. Red Wing High School Concert Band, Ovation, Arthur Lockwood and the Prairie Island Singers, and musicians at Minnesota State College Southeast will provide music and song.

All are welcome to attend.

Please enter at the District Office, Door No. 36. Veterans and guests will be escorted to seating on the gymnasium floor.

There is an elevator available.

The event is sponsored by Red Wing Public Schools, Minnesota State College Southeast, Red Wing American Legion Post 54 and Beyond the Yellow Ribbon of Hiawatha Valley.