City of St. Pete to honor local veterans at ceremony Wednesday morning
December 8, 2020 - After being rescheduled due to Hurricane Eta, the City of St. Petersburg will hold its seventh annual Veteran's Day celebration Wednesday (Dec. 9) at 8 a.m. at Williams Park Veterans Memorial. This year’s Honored Veteran Awards will be presented to the late Dr. Bill Heller, former dean at the University of South Florida's St. Petersburg campus and Army veteran and Jim Nixon, LGBTQ Liaison with the City of St. Petersburg who is a Navy veteran. Capacity at the event will be limited and attendees will be expected to maintain social distance and wear masks when within 6 feet of one another.