Veterans’ families are invited to place a luminaria to help light up the steps of the library. The luminaria display will stay in place for the Veterans Day parade and ceremony in Guthrie that will start at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, November 11. The guest speaker at “Flames of Memory” will be retired U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Gregory Slavonic, who previously served as acting undersecretary of the Navy and the assistant secretary of the Navy for manpower and reserve affairs.

The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and other groups will take part. The event is sponsored by the Samuel King chapter of The Daughters of the American Revolution.