Annual Veterans Day observance at 11 a.m. in the Mahoning County Courthouse rotunda

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown area veterans will be honored at the annual Veterans Day observance at 11 a.m. today in the Mahoning County Courthouse rotunda.

Robert E. Bush Jr., a Marine veteran of the Vietnam War, who received two Purple Hearts and a Navy Commendation Medal for Valor in Combat, will be the keynote speaker.

A helicopter gunner in Vietnam, Bush was inducted last year into the Ohio Military Hall of Fame for Valor.

Bush is the director of the county’s Department of Job and Family Services and a former Youngstown police chief and law director.

The colors will be presented by Youngstown State University’s ROTC color guard.

The National Anthem will be sung by Maureen Collins of Easy Street Productions.

The event will also feature the St. Joseph the Provider School choir from Campbell.