The government shutdown prompts the cancellation of some Veterans Day events

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Grave markers of U.S. veterans are shown at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery where the upcoming annual Veterans Day program has been canceled due to the federal government shutdown in Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Normally on Veterans Day, volunteers gather at the Riverside National Cemetery in California to place flags alongside more than 300,000 gravesites. But not this year.

The longest federal government shutdown on record is curtailing and outright canceling parades, ceremonies and other events across the U.S. that are normally held to mark Veterans Day. It's another fallout of the shutdown that has disrupted flights and food assistance , and was already being squarely felt by militar