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Photos: Veterans Day weekend 2017

November 11, 2017, 3:26 PM

WASHINGTON — Veterans Day is Saturday, Nov. 11, but events have been happening all weekend to honor of those who have served.

People have taken time during their weekends to show appreciation for veterans across the world, from Scotland to Dallas, Texas.

See photos from the events between Nov. 10 to Nov. 12.

Send photos of your favorite veterans to talkback@wtop.com or tweet them @WTOP.

A general view over the cemetery at the World War I Vieil Armand “Hartmannswillerkopf” battlefield in the Alsace region, eastern France, where around 30,000 French and German soldiers died in the Vosges mountain battles in 1915, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. The presidents of France and Germany say Europeans must stand up to nationalism and build a “common future,” as they mark 99 years since the armistice ending World War I. (Patrick Seeger/Pool Photo via AP)
Patrick Seeger/Pool Photo via AP
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier left, attend a commemoration ceremony at the World War I Vieil Armand “Hartmannswillerkopf” battlefield in the Alsace region, eastern France, where around 30,000 French and German soldiers died in the Vosges mountain battles in 1915, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. The presidents of France and Germany say Europeans must stand up to nationalism and build a “common future,” as they mark 99 years since the armistice ending World War I. (Patrick Seeger/Pool Photo via AP)
Patrick Seeger/Pool Photo via AP
People observe a two minute silence in memory of those who have fallen in conflict during a service of Remembrance at the Edinburgh Garden of Remembrance in East Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Saturday Nov. 11, 2017. (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
Andrew Milligan/PA via AP
People take part in the Western Front Association’s annual service of remembrance at the Cenotaph, in London, Saturday Saturday Nov. 11, 2017. (Rick Findler/PA via AP)
Rick Findler/PA via AP
Members of the public observe a two minute silence during the Western Front Association’s annual service of remembrance at the Cenotaph, in London Saturday Nov. 11, 2017. ( Rick Findler/PA via AP)
Rick Findler/PA via AP
U.S. Air Force retired Col. James L. Wolfe, front, salutes stands with other veterans during the national anthem before a Veterans Day parade in Dallas, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
U.S. Air Force retired Col. James L. Wolfe, front, salutes stands with other veterans during the national anthem before a Veterans Day parade in Dallas, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
AP Photo/LM Otero
Jaiden Soto, 5, of the Sioux in South Dakota carries a flag during a Veterans Day parade in Dallas, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Jaiden Soto, 5, of the Sioux in South Dakota carries a flag during a Veterans Day parade in Dallas, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
AP Photo/LM Otero
U.S. Marines stand at attention before a Veterans Day parade in Dallas, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
U.S. Marines stand at attention before a Veterans Day parade in Dallas, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
AP Photo/LM Otero
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX - NOVEMBER 11: A color guard presents colors during a Veterans Day ceremony outside the town's Community Center on November 11, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Residents of the community are still trying to heal following the shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland on November 5. Devin Patrick Kelley shot and killed 26 people and wounded 20 others when he opened fire during Sunday service at the church. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX – NOVEMBER 11: A color guard presents colors during a Veterans Day ceremony outside the town’s Community Center on November 11, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Residents of the community are still trying to heal following the shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland on November 5. Devin Patrick Kelley shot and killed 26 people and wounded 20 others when he opened fire during Sunday service at the church. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX - NOVEMBER 11: Donna King (L) and Beulah Wilson attend a Veterans Day ceremony outside the town's Community Center on November 11, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Residents of the community are still trying to heal following the shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on November 5. Devin Patrick Kelley shot and killed 26 people and wounded 20 others when he opened fire during Sunday service at the church. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX – NOVEMBER 11: Donna King (L) and Beulah Wilson attend a Veterans Day ceremony outside the town’s Community Center on November 11, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Residents of the community are still trying to heal following the shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on November 5. Devin Patrick Kelley shot and killed 26 people and wounded 20 others when he opened fire during Sunday service at the church. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX - NOVEMBER 11: Residents and visitors share a prayer during a Veterans Day ceremony outside the Community Center on November 11, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Residents of the community are still trying to heal following the shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on November 5. Devin Patrick Kelley shot and killed 26 people and wounded 20 others when he opened fire during Sunday service at the church. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX – NOVEMBER 11: Residents and visitors share a prayer during a Veterans Day ceremony outside the Community Center on November 11, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Residents of the community are still trying to heal following the shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on November 5. Devin Patrick Kelley shot and killed 26 people and wounded 20 others when he opened fire during Sunday service at the church. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX - NOVEMBER 11: First responders share a prayer following a Veterans Day ceremony outside the Community Center on November 11, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. The men and women were among the first to enter the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs to begin treating the wounded following the shooting on November 5. Devin Patrick Kelley shot and killed 26 people and wounded 20 others when he opened fire during Sunday service at the church. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX – NOVEMBER 11: First responders share a prayer following a Veterans Day ceremony outside the Community Center on November 11, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. The men and women were among the first to enter the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs to begin treating the wounded following the shooting on November 5. Devin Patrick Kelley shot and killed 26 people and wounded 20 others when he opened fire during Sunday service at the church. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX - NOVEMBER 11: First responders share a prayer following a Veterans Day ceremony outside the Community Center on November 11, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. The men and women were among the first to enter the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs to begin treating the wounded following the shooting on November 5. Devin Patrick Kelley shot and killed 26 people and wounded 20 others when he opened fire during Sunday service at the church. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX – NOVEMBER 11: First responders share a prayer following a Veterans Day ceremony outside the Community Center on November 11, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. The men and women were among the first to enter the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs to begin treating the wounded following the shooting on November 5. Devin Patrick Kelley shot and killed 26 people and wounded 20 others when he opened fire during Sunday service at the church. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Henry Telon of Miami, Florida, stands at attention as T-38's of the Euro-Nato Joint Pilot Training Wing from Shepard AFB fly over in the missing man formation during a Veterans Day parade in Dallas, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Henry Telon of Miami, Florida, stands at attention as T-38’s of the Euro-Nato Joint Pilot Training Wing from Shepard AFB fly over in the missing man formation during a Veterans Day parade in Dallas, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
AP Photo/LM Otero
Vice President Mike Pence cleans a portion of the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Vice President Mike Pence cleans a portion of the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
AP Photo/Alex Brandon
Mementos including a worn pair of boots, have been replaced after the wall was cleaned at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Mementos including a worn pair of boots, have been replaced after the wall was cleaned at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
AP Photo/Alex Brandon
SPEAN BRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 11: Serving servicemen and veterans gather at Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge where they observed a two minute silence as a mark of respect for the war dead on November 11, 2017 in Spean Bridge, Scotland. Armistice Day traditionally marks the end of the WWI when Germany and the allied forces signed the armistice signaling the end of hostilities on the Western Front. The cessation of the war officially took effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month and is marked annually by services of remembrance for all those who have fallen in wars and a two minute silence. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
SPEAN BRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM – NOVEMBER 11: Serving servicemen and veterans gather at Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge where they observed a two minute silence as a mark of respect for the war dead on November 11, 2017 in Spean Bridge, Scotland. Armistice Day traditionally marks the end of the WWI when Germany and the allied forces signed the armistice signaling the end of hostilities on the Western Front. The cessation of the war officially took effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month and is marked annually by services of remembrance for all those who have fallen in wars and a two minute silence. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
SPEAN BRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 11: Serving servicemen and veterans gather at Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge where they observed a two minute silence as a mark of respect for the war dead on November 11, 2017 in Spean Bridge, Scotland. Armistice Day traditionally marks the end of the WWI when Germany and the allied forces signed the armistice signaling the end of hostilities on the Western Front. The cessation of the war officially took effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month and is marked annually by services of remembrance for all those who have fallen in wars and a two minute silence. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
SPEAN BRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM – NOVEMBER 11: Serving servicemen and veterans gather at Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge where they observed a two minute silence as a mark of respect for the war dead on November 11, 2017 in Spean Bridge, Scotland. Armistice Day traditionally marks the end of the WWI when Germany and the allied forces signed the armistice signaling the end of hostilities on the Western Front. The cessation of the war officially took effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month and is marked annually by services of remembrance for all those who have fallen in wars and a two minute silence. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 10: An American flag hangs on facade of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for Veterans Day, November 10, 2017 in New York City. The United States will mark Veterans Day this Saturday, November 11. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 10: An American flag hangs on facade of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for Veterans Day, November 10, 2017 in New York City. The United States will mark Veterans Day this Saturday, November 11. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Rob Jones, a double amputee, will have ran 31 marathons in 31 days within 31 cities after his last run around the National Mall on Veterans Day. (WTOP/John Domen)
<a href=”https://wtop.com/dc/2017/11/double-amputee-runs-31-marathons-for-veterans/slide/1/”>Rob Jones</a>, a double amputee, will have ran 31 marathons in 31 days within 31 cities after his last run around the National Mall on Veterans Day. (WTOP/John Domen)
WTOP/John Domen
(WTOP/Mike Murillo)
One by one, from 5 a.m. to midnight for several days, close to 2,000 volunteers are reading more than 55,000 names  of those who died in the Vietnam War will be read from the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National  Mall. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)
WTOP/Mike Murillo
Master Sgt. Deidre A. Scurry (Courtesy Deidre Scurry)
Courtesy Deidre Scurry
Twitter user Patty Schott (@PattySchott) sent in a picture of her father, Richard L. Wright. (Courtesy @PattySchott/Twitter)
Twitter user Patty Schott (@PattySchott) sent in a picture of her father, Richard L. Wright. (Courtesy @PattySchott/Twitter)
Courtesy @PattySchott/Twitter
Facebook user Bill Grover sent in a picture of Jerry L. Moore, Staff Sgt. USMC. (Courtesy Bill Grover)
Facebook user Bill Grover sent in a picture of Jerry L. Moore, Staff Sgt. USMC. (Courtesy Bill Grover)
Courtesy Bill Grover
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U.S. Air Force retired Col. James L. Wolfe, front, salutes stands with other veterans during the national anthem before a Veterans Day parade in Dallas, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Jaiden Soto, 5, of the Sioux in South Dakota carries a flag during a Veterans Day parade in Dallas, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
U.S. Marines stand at attention before a Veterans Day parade in Dallas, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX - NOVEMBER 11: A color guard presents colors during a Veterans Day ceremony outside the town's Community Center on November 11, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Residents of the community are still trying to heal following the shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland on November 5. Devin Patrick Kelley shot and killed 26 people and wounded 20 others when he opened fire during Sunday service at the church. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX - NOVEMBER 11: Donna King (L) and Beulah Wilson attend a Veterans Day ceremony outside the town's Community Center on November 11, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Residents of the community are still trying to heal following the shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on November 5. Devin Patrick Kelley shot and killed 26 people and wounded 20 others when he opened fire during Sunday service at the church. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX - NOVEMBER 11: Residents and visitors share a prayer during a Veterans Day ceremony outside the Community Center on November 11, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Residents of the community are still trying to heal following the shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on November 5. Devin Patrick Kelley shot and killed 26 people and wounded 20 others when he opened fire during Sunday service at the church. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX - NOVEMBER 11: First responders share a prayer following a Veterans Day ceremony outside the Community Center on November 11, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. The men and women were among the first to enter the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs to begin treating the wounded following the shooting on November 5. Devin Patrick Kelley shot and killed 26 people and wounded 20 others when he opened fire during Sunday service at the church. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, TX - NOVEMBER 11: First responders share a prayer following a Veterans Day ceremony outside the Community Center on November 11, 2017 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. The men and women were among the first to enter the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs to begin treating the wounded following the shooting on November 5. Devin Patrick Kelley shot and killed 26 people and wounded 20 others when he opened fire during Sunday service at the church. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Henry Telon of Miami, Florida, stands at attention as T-38's of the Euro-Nato Joint Pilot Training Wing from Shepard AFB fly over in the missing man formation during a Veterans Day parade in Dallas, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Vice President Mike Pence cleans a portion of the wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Mementos including a worn pair of boots, have been replaced after the wall was cleaned at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
SPEAN BRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 11: Serving servicemen and veterans gather at Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge where they observed a two minute silence as a mark of respect for the war dead on November 11, 2017 in Spean Bridge, Scotland. Armistice Day traditionally marks the end of the WWI when Germany and the allied forces signed the armistice signaling the end of hostilities on the Western Front. The cessation of the war officially took effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month and is marked annually by services of remembrance for all those who have fallen in wars and a two minute silence. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
SPEAN BRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 11: Serving servicemen and veterans gather at Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge where they observed a two minute silence as a mark of respect for the war dead on November 11, 2017 in Spean Bridge, Scotland. Armistice Day traditionally marks the end of the WWI when Germany and the allied forces signed the armistice signaling the end of hostilities on the Western Front. The cessation of the war officially took effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month and is marked annually by services of remembrance for all those who have fallen in wars and a two minute silence. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 10: An American flag hangs on facade of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for Veterans Day, November 10, 2017 in New York City. The United States will mark Veterans Day this Saturday, November 11. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Rob Jones, a double amputee, will have ran 31 marathons in 31 days within 31 cities after his last run around the National Mall on Veterans Day. (WTOP/John Domen)
(WTOP/Mike Murillo)
Twitter user Patty Schott (@PattySchott) sent in a picture of her father, Richard L. Wright. (Courtesy @PattySchott/Twitter)
Facebook user Bill Grover sent in a picture of Jerry L. Moore, Staff Sgt. USMC. (Courtesy Bill Grover)

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