Veterans Homecoming Week Underway

Monday, November 6, 2023 at 7:35 AM

By Scott McCaulley @smcckc

Thousands of Veterans from around the country are in Branson this week for the annual Veterans Homecoming Week.

The Veterans Village at Ballparks of America is open during the day with lunch served from 11:30 to 1:30 along with the new America’s Wall of Honor which runs through Wednesday at the Freedom Encounter Theater then on Friday and Saturday at the Branson Landing. The IMAX Military Film Festival runs daily during the week as well as several activities at College of the Ozarks with other activities around the region scheduled daily culminating in the Veterans Day Parade on Saturday and the Military Gala and Banquet on Sunday.

More details on the daily Veterans Homecoming Week can be found on the Branson's Veterans Task Force Website.

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