Lehigh County
The Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum, 432 W. Walnut St., Allentown, will present a slide-lecture at 1 p.m. Nov. 10 to commemorate WWI and Allentown’s Camp Crane. Admission: free, members of the museum; $8, nonmember adults; $3, nonmember children. 610-435-1074; www.lehighvalleyheritagemuseum.org.
Stephens Funeral Home, 274 N. Krocks Road, Allentown, will hold a Veterans Day Service at 2 p.m. Nov. 11. Navy Chaplain Richard Stough will officiate the service and Mathias Francis Gutman, chief petty officer, navy recipient of the WWII Victory Medal and Navy Commendation Medal, will share his military story. 610-434-6304.
“WWI and the Making of Bethlehm Steel,” a talk by Professor John K. Smith exploring how Bethlehem Steel responded to the oportunites and challenges created by the war begins at 11 a.m. Nov. 11. at the Nation Museum of Industrial History, 602 E. Second St., Bethlehem. 610-694-6644; www.nmih.org.
The Allentown Symphony Orchestra presents “Veterans Tribute: 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10 and 3 p.m. Nov. 11 at Miller Symphony Hall, 23 N. Sixth St,. Allentown. The program celebrates American freedom through a commissioned work inspired by the experiences of soldiers in World Wars. Actor Daniel Roebuck narrates Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait” with excerpts from “The Gettysburg Address.” Daniel Rodriguez, the Singing Policeman, performs “America the Beautiful” and “God Bless America.”
Fountain Hill American Legion Post 406 will honor all veterans with the unveiling of a new permanent monument at the Stanley Avenue Memorial Plot at 1 p.m. Nov. 11. The guest speaker for the event will be Dr. Karen Dacey, a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom. 610-657-3114.
Lehigh Carbon Community College, 4525 Education Park Drive, Schnecksville, will hold a Veterans Day flag
Slatington Veterans Memorial committee
will hold a service amd commemoration 11 a.m. Nov. 11 at Slatington Memorial Park, Second and Main streets. Bad weather location is St. John’s, 15 Second St. Light refreshments to follow in the church.