Saturday marked the first of what will be three days of Veterans Day commemorations across the United States.

The holiday falls on a Sunday, and the federal observance is on today.  It's the first such day honoring the men and women who served in uniform since the last U.S. troops left Iraq in December 2011.

It's also a chance to thank those who stormed the beaches during World War II – a population that is rapidly shrinking with most of those former troops now in their 80s and 90s.

At the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, a steady stream of visitors arrived Saturday morning as the names of the 58,000 people on the wall were being read over a loudspeaker.

In the Mojave Desert in California, veterans plan to resurrect a memorial cross that was part of a 13-year legal battle over the separation of church and state.

Thousands of spectators lined Fifth Avenue for New York City's Veterans Day Parade on Sunday.

A few hundred people attended a Veterans Day parade Saturday in downtown Atlanta and Cartersville held it's annual Veterans Day parade.

Locally, the Town of Trion held a ceremony for Veterans and erected flags around the track field as it does every year. The town of Menlo also put of American Flags honoring veterans.

All federal offices, including the post  post office will be closed today . Banks also will be closed today to mark the holiday as well as some local offices.