Event aims to make veterans feel “loved and appreciated and supported.”
The Tibor Rubin Veterans Affairs Medical Center is inviting the public to honor veterans during a celebration on Friday, Nov. 10.
The celebration will feature live music from the Long Beach Community Band, smoked barbecue, a car and motorcycle show and a kids’ corner. The event is also meant to encourage camaraderie among the public and local veterans.
This is the first Veterans Day celebration the VA Medical Center has put on since the pandemic, with the last one occurring in 2019.
“I always say that this is basically the Superbowl of the Veterans Administration […],” said Alyssa Rivas, public affairs specialist for the Long Beach VA. “Obviously it’s incredibly important to recognize our veterans and make sure that they’re loved and appreciated and supported.”
The Tibor Rubin Veterans Affairs Medical Center originally opened in 1943 as the Long Beach Naval Hospital, later becoming the Long Beach VA Medical Center, which was renamed in honor of war hero Tibor Rubin in 2017.
The Veterans Day celebration will take place at the Tibor Rubin Veterans Affairs Medical Center’s Parking Lot B (5901 E Seventh St.). The celebration will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free.
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