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Veterans Day 2026: Information on local closures and events

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Source: Athens News Courier

Published November 10, 2026

All Athens city and Limestone County offices will be closed on Wednesday, November 11 in observation of this year’s Veterans Day holiday. All Limestone County and Athens city schools also will be closed on Wednesday. In Athens, sanitation routes will run as scheduled on Wednesday. The city asks residents to have their Wednesday trash bins to the curb by 6 a.m. County sanitation routes also will run at their normally scheduled times on Wednesday. For the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, Limestone County sanitation routes will not run on Thursday, November 26 (Thanksgiving Day). Sanitation pickup will instead resume on Friday, November 27 and will cover trash collection for both Thursday and Friday routes. Two Veterans Day events will take place in Athens on Wednesday, each at 11 a.m. Athens State University and the Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives will present an 11 a.m. program featuring Col. Steve A. Erikson (ret.) as the guest speaker.

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