Department Services

Miami-Dade County offices will be closed Monday, Nov. 12th.

• Miami-Dade Transit will run a regular schedule.
• Public Works and Waste Management will run regular trash pick-up services.

Activities

• Honor our veterans at the Military Museum of South Florida, Monday, Nov. 12 at 10 a.m.
• If your business is owned and operated by Veterans or Service Disabled Veterans, come present your business to key decision makers at the Veteran's Supplier Day on Nov. 15 from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Register now!
• In honor of Veterans Day, Jungle Island will host a food drive on Nov. 11 to benefit the American Veteran Food Assistance Program. Bring a canned good, and admission is just $11. Active military personnel and veterans enter for free with a valid ID.
• Have a ball while helping vets at the upcoming the Palmetto Bay Food & Music Festival on Nov. 11. It's a grand celebration in honor of our brave veterans, which features food, fun and local rock band, The Regs. A $5 portion of each $20 ticket purchased will be donated to Thinking of you Services, a veteran support organization that ships care packages to our troops overseas.
• The Seaquarium will be granting free admission to military, veterans and first responders to mark Veterans Day 2012 -- this special admission will be honored on Sunday and Monday, Nov. 11 & 12.

Learn more

• Read more about the  History of Veterans Day.
• Read more about the Unknown Soldier.