Days of rain, accompanied by cold, forced my husband’s decision not to attend this year’s annual Veteran’s Day parade in Albany, a city forty miles north of us. The parade boasts more than two hundred entries and as many as 40,000 spectators, making it the largest of its kind west of the Mississippi. The event […]
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Honoring Freedom’s Fighters
The man who sat at the curb wore a veteran’s hat signifying his service. My family arrived at the annual Veterans Day Parade in Albany, Oregon just in time to grab the space behind him, a garbage can and a passel of children filling in the gaps on either side. He acted like a tour […]
Writer’s Imagination Fills in the Blanks
A sense of exhilaration filled the air at the annual Veteran’s Day Parade my family attended this past Tuesday. The theme, Heroes at Home, marked a change in focus from previous years, as many of our soldiers are once again on domestic soil. Families were reunited, and the phrase, “Bless you for your service” was […]
Honoring Our Veterans with Thankful Hearts
Every November my husband and I make our yearly trek up I-5 to watch the Annual Veterans Day parade in Albany, Oregon. With more than two hundred entries and as many as 40,000 spectators, the parade boasts of being the largest of its kind west of the Mississippi. The event is organized and run by […]