Both presidential nominees will be in the Dayton area on Tuesday, Sept. 9, according to their campaigns

Republican nominee John McCain and his vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska, will be in Lebanon for a morning rally..

Democrat Barack Obama will speak to an invitation-only crowd at Stebbins High School in Riverside.

The event in the school gymnasium is to start about 10:30 a.m. and attendance is by invitation, the Obama campaign said.

The "McCain Street USA" rally will be outside The Golden Lamb restaurant at 27 S. Broadway. Doors will open for the rally at 7 a.m.

Those who want to attend should RSVP by calling (614) 441-8622 or by visiting ohio@johnmccain.com.

It will be the first Ohio campaign stop by the McCain-Palin ticket since the Republican convention last week in Minnesota.

Vets for McCain tour to start in Beavercreek

In addition, a three-day bus tour of Ohio by military veterans stumping for the GOP ticket will get its start in Beavercreek on Monday, Sept. 8.

Rob Portman, a former Bush Administration official and Ohio congressman, will introduce the four retired military officers slated to participate in the tour.

Members of the group, Ohio Veterans for McCain, include retired U.S. Air Force officers Col. Tom Moe, Maj. Gen. Ed Mechenbier and Lt. Col. Paul Kari as well as retired U.S. Army Capt. Leslie Smith.

Portman will introduce the four veterans at 2 p.m. at Beavercreek Veterans Memorial Park, 1911 N. Fairfield Road.

In January 1968, Moe, a Lancaster resident, was shot down, captured by the North Vietnamese and imprisoned in the "Hanoi Hilton." It's the same prison where McCain was held after his bomber was struck by a missile in October 1967.

Plans call for the bus tour to also make stops in Lima and Findlay on Monday; Toledo, Sandusky and Strongsville on Tuesday; and Canton on Wednesday.