Events & Festivals
Veterans Day 2026 in Royal Oak and Troy: Family Ceremonies on November 11
Royal Oak and Troy both hold public Veterans Day ceremonies at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, at their city war memorials, with Rochester Hills observing at Veterans Memorial Pointe.
Veterans Day falls on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, and both Royal Oak and Troy hold annual community ceremonies at 11 a.m. that morning that families can attend together. Royal Oak's ceremony takes place at the War Memorial in Centennial Commons Park at 203 South Troy Street, and Troy's takes place at the Veterans Plaza in front of Troy City Hall at 500 West Big Beaver Road.
Royal Oak's annual ceremony is organized by the city's Veterans Events Committee, and the city's official page at romi.gov/492 is where the program and any 2026 updates are posted as the date approaches. The War Memorial sits in Centennial Commons, the park in the middle of downtown Royal Oak, so families can pair the ceremony with lunch or a walk along Washington Avenue afterward.
Troy holds its annual Veterans Day Ceremony at the Veterans Plaza in front of City Hall, the outdoor gathering point the city uses for its observances. The ceremony runs about an hour, which makes it a manageable stop for a young child with a little planning, and the plaza is a short drive from the city's recreation campus and community center.
For families in Rochester Hills, Veterans Memorial Pointe at 1015 South Livernois Road is the city's designated veterans memorial park, and the city conducts its annual observances there, with details on the city's page at rochesterhills.org. Families in Birmingham and Bloomfield can also check local school and library calendars, where schools and libraries often hold their own morning programs open to the community.
Both city ceremonies are free and open to the public, and they land at the same 11 a.m. hour each year, which makes Veterans Day a simple moment for families to pause together. The cities post their final 2026 program details on their official pages as November 11 gets closer, so a quick check before heading out is worth it.
Sources: City of Royal Oak Veterans Events Committee (romi.gov), City of Troy official calendar listings, City of Rochester Hills (rochesterhills.org). Information verified October 22, 2026.