Special Edition · Veterans Week · Part 2 of 2
They show up for veterans all year. On Wednesday, Sussex shows up for them.
A U.S. Air Force officer salutes the flag during a Veterans Day ceremony at Camp Butmir in Sarajevo. Photo: U.S. Air Force / Staff Sgt. Victor J. Caputo
Sources: Census Bureau (veterans, 2020 to 2024; employer firms, 2023); our ceremonies page; Marine Corps base articles, linked in the Marine Corps box below. Illustration: The Sussex Ledger
★Veterans Week · Part 2 of 2★
They show up for veterans all year. Here's how to show up with them.
Wreaths in Millsboro, a beach week in Bethany Beach, a veterans home in Milford, a chapter for paralyzed veterans and a school in Odessa: groups that keep working after the flags come down.
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In his own words: Roger Martinson, Marine, of Delmar
He has run the Delmar Christmas Parade since 1998. For Veterans Day, he answered four questions in writing.
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Veterans Day in Sussex: every ceremony we could confirm, town by town
Eight ceremonies, all at 11 a.m. Wednesday, listed west to east. Plus the free bus rides for veterans and the state veterans cemetery's hours.
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Free on Veterans Day in Sussex: the offers we could confirm
Meals in Rehoboth Beach and Seaford (Outback also Tuesday) and haircuts in Georgetown. Bring proof of service; each offer lists what it accepts.
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Help any hour, and help close to home
The Veterans Crisis Line answers day and night: dial 988, then press 1, or text 838255. The clinic and the Vet Center are in Georgetown.
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Eight veterans, one new trade: a watchmaking class graduates Friday
The Quartz Tech class of eight will be honored at a luncheon Friday, Nov. 13, in Odessa.
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Veteran-owned Sussex: 278 employer firms, by the Census Bureau's count
The Census Bureau counts 278 veteran-owned employer firms in Sussex County. Here's what that number covers and what it leaves out.
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Why we run a veterans piece in every issue
A holiday comes once a year. The people it honors live here all year. A note from the editor.
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Fort Miles and Sussex County's World War II coast
From a named fort to a surrendered U-boat, the war reached Lewes, Rehoboth Beach and the towns around them.
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Where veterans gather: Legion, VFW and AMVETS posts in Sussex, town by town
Seventeen American Legion, VFW and AMVETS posts, west to east from Seaford to Rehoboth Beach, as the organizations' own pages list them.
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Sussex veterans remembered, from 1812 to Vietnam
Soldiers, a cemetery, a war monument and a memorial list mark how Sussex County remembers those who served.
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All eight start at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Plans change: check with the host before you drive. Full list with addresses and sources → Illustration: The Sussex Ledger
Read the editor's note → Flags wave as soldiers march through downtown Pittsburgh in the Veterans Day parade on Nov. 11, 2011. Photo: U.S. Army / Sgt. 1st Class Michel Sauret
★More from Veterans Week★
Every story from Part 1 is still here.
People
- In his own words: Roger Martinson, Marine, of DelmarHe has run the Delmar Christmas Parade since 1998. For Veterans Day, he answered four questions in writing.
- Faces of Sussex service: ten local veterans whose service made the newsA Purple Heart from Bien Hoa, a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a World War II veteran who served in China on D-Day and a Post 17 Legionnaire who has filed more than 267 claims for his fellow vets.
- Tell us about your veteranSend a name, a branch, a town and a few words. The Ledger prints veterans' stories all year.
Groups
- The groups that show up for Sussex veterans all yearFrom a free beach week for military families in Bethany to wreaths in Millsboro and Marine veterans marking the Corps' 251st, here's who's doing the work and how to help.
- Colonial PVA offers free help to veterans with spinal cord injury, MS and ALSThe Colonial Chapter of PVA runs grants, peer support, adaptive sports and benefits help at no cost to members, and one program is open to any Delawarean with a disability.
- Wreaths Across America returns to the Millsboro veterans cemetery Dec. 19. Sponsors are needed.Wreaths 4 Millsboro has about 30% of the wreaths it needs for the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
Help
- Where Sussex veterans can get help, close to homeHealth care, free counseling, benefits help and your local post. You don't have to drive to Wilmington for everything.
- Where Sussex County veterans can get helpPhone numbers and addresses for help, and a free Pre-Veterans Day luncheon for veterans Sat., Nov. 7, in Georgetown.
- Delaware now has a Department of Veterans Affairs. Here's what it means for Sussex veterans.The state's first veterans secretary, retired Brig. Gen. Karen Berry, took office in October 2025 at the Delaware Veterans Home in Milford.
- A VA hospital is planned for Sussex County. It is still years away.Until then, the Georgetown clinic and Vet Center are the closest VA care for most Sussex veterans.
This week
- Veterans Day week in Sussex: where to be, and what's freeFlags for Heroes and a Dover dinner on Wednesday, free garden days for veterans and a PlayStation giveaway from Colonial PVA.
- Veterans calendar: documentary shorts in Lewes, a free luncheon in Georgetown and a February event for widows and widowersDates for Sussex County veterans and their families, from early November through February.
- Sussex County offices close Wednesday for Veterans DayCounty government offices reopen Thursday, Nov. 12.
By the numbers
- 17,767 veterans call Sussex County home. This week belongs to them.Veterans Day is Wednesday. About half of Sussex County's veterans served in the Vietnam era. Here's how to thank them this week, and where they can turn for help.
★ Veterans Week · Part 1 of 2 · Sunday, Nov. 8 ★
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Part 1 has faces of Sussex service, the planned VA hospital and the election results.
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