Veterans Day 2022: What's Open, Closed In Coventry

COVENTRY, RI — Veterans Day is Friday, marking a day of remembrance for all those who have served the country in the United States military. Originally called Armistice Day, the holiday was created at the end of World War I to recognize those who fought in "the war to end all wars," according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Its origin is tied to the armistice, a temporary end of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany signed in France on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

It became Veterans Day in 1954, shortly after the end of the Korean War and less than a decade after World War II, after various veterans service organizations urged Congress to encompass veterans of all wars in their honor.

Veterans Day is somewhat related to, and sometimes mistaken for, Memorial Day, the federal holiday on the final Monday of May that is dedicated to those who have died while serving the United States in war.

In Coventry, the town's annual ceremony begins at 11 a.m., Thursday. There will be remembrances at several sites throughout town. More information can be found here.

Here's a look at what's open and closed in Coventry this Veterans Day.

• Retail stores: Open at owner's discretion
• Liquor stores: Open
• Supermarkets: Open
• Convenience stores: Open
• Restaurants, bars: Open
• Banks: Closed
• Libraries: Closed
• Stock market: Open
• Municipal, state, federal offices: Closed
• Mail: Post offices closed; express delivery only
• RIPTA: Sunday/Holiday schedule
• Trash Collection: Trash and recycling pickup will be delayed by one day.