OXFORD – The 10th annual Veterans’ Cruise-In and Car Show will kick off this Saturday at the New York State Veterans’ Home in Oxford. The event will take place rain or shine with registration at 9 a.m. The cost for each car will be $5.

“This event equates to the county fair for the veterans,” said Jamey Supensky. “They look forward to it all year and they talk about it all year. A lot of the veterans’ families also come to share the experience with them.”

The car show helps bring the community and the veterans together. Attendees will enjoy a wide variety of amusements along with an impressive collection of antique cars hailing from all generations of the motor vehicle industry. Diversions will include music, more than 100 door prizes to be raffled off and food (including hamburgers, hot dogs and ice cream from Gilligan’s famous assortment of homemade products). Vendors will also be on site selling their wares to spectators.

Money from the event helps supplement the Veterans’ Home Pet Project and Broome County Canine Help which provides the home with many of its therapy pets.

A flag ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. which will incorporate “Taps,” as well as a flag folding ceremony to be followed by the presentation of the folded American Flag to one of the home’s veterans. Each year a different veteran is selected to be honored.