Veterans Week Opens Today With a Free Luncheon for Veterans

Veterans Week in Brookfield opens today, and it starts with lunch. The Brookfield Senior Center hosts its free Veterans Appreciation Luncheon on Monday, November 9, for veterans. The center's morning also includes decoupage at 10:30 a.m., and bingo follows in the afternoon at 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday evening belongs to the library. At 6:30 p.m., the Brookfield Library presents "Tales from the Forgotten Day: Connecticut Veterans," a program of Connecticut veterans' stories that runs until 8 p.m. Earlier Tuesday, the library holds storytime for little ones at 10 a.m., and a virtual program on Connecticut's Native peoples, "The Quinnetukut, Our Native People of Connecticut," runs at 5 p.m.

Wednesday, November 11, is Veterans Day itself, and the library and all town offices close for the holiday. Veterans Day honors everyone who has served in the United States Armed Forces.

The rest of the Senior Center's November calendar keeps the season's pace: Winter Holiday Painting on Thursday, November 12, at 10 a.m., Holiday Bow Tying on Thursday, November 19, at 10:30 a.m., and a Holiday Concert on Monday, November 30, at 1 p.m. The center is closed Thursday, November 26, for Thanksgiving.

One deadline is worth marking now: the Medicare Part D annual enrollment period ends December 7. The Senior Center held a program on the topic on November 5.