The Vancouver Veterans Day Parade was last Saturday. I debated going. The forecast was for rain but when I left home, it wasn't raining yet buit by the time I got downtown it was. I decided to go anyway. I didn't stay for the whole two hours but probably an hour and a half. This year was the first year that they had the "Run to Remember" which kicked off right at 1100 when they fired off the cannon. The Air Force started off the actual parade.
Always sad to see the Gold Star families holding the banner for their loved one that died in the war.
Junior ROTC.
Lewis and Clark Young Marines
A WWII and Korean war vet
More vets
I think just about every Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops marches in the parade every year--rain or shine.
The 1st Oregon
I got soaked even spending a portion of the parade on the porch at the Grant House. But it always feels good to go to honor the veterans.
Our friends, Jeff and Julie, had their annual Veterans Day dinner last night at Willamette View--where Jeff's parents live now. This is the 14th year that they have treated their veteran friends to dinner. Our group has gotten smaller over the year as our friends die or get old enough that they aren't able to make it anymore. But it is always nice of them to host dinner for us every year.
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