Whidbey Island will be awash in activities and events centered around veterans ahead of and on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

On South Whidbey, American Legion Post 141 will put on a memorial service at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 11 at the Bayview Cemetery. Grethe Cammermeyer, a former Army nurse, will be the guest speaker at the event which will also include a color guard and the Poppy Girls, who pass out flowers in honor of veterans.

Also, U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, will have a roundtable with veterans from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the VFW Post 7392, 3037 Goldie Road in Oak Harbor. Later in the day in Oak Harbor, there will be the third annual Veterans Day Parade starting at 2 p.m. in downtown, rain or shine.