This last Saturday, I participated in a Veterans' Day parade in Long Beach as part of the Great War Historical Society. Every year for the past five years or so, we have participated in the Long Beach Veterans' Day Parade (usually on the Saturday closest to November 11). This year, we provided the color guard for the parade and were placed towards the front of the parade.
This year, it seemed that there were far fewer parade participants than there's been in former years and even our group attendance was down- we have a VERY tiny color guard. We usually have people representing all of the combatants and this year we featured some three Americans, one early war Frenchman, two Germans, one Austro-Hungarian sailor, and one Austro-Hungarian soldier. It was a pretty polyglot group. :-)
The parade actually went pretty quick (the parade route isn't that long) and we were done by about 11:30 am.
Overall, it was a nice salute to those who came before and put their lives on the line for this nation.
This year, it seemed that there were far fewer parade participants than there's been in former years and even our group attendance was down- we have a VERY tiny color guard. We usually have people representing all of the combatants and this year we featured some three Americans, one early war Frenchman, two Germans, one Austro-Hungarian sailor, and one Austro-Hungarian soldier. It was a pretty polyglot group. :-)
The parade actually went pretty quick (the parade route isn't that long) and we were done by about 11:30 am.
Overall, it was a nice salute to those who came before and put their lives on the line for this nation.
On the march- not the best picture but still pretty good. We were just reaching the end of the parade (thank god!).
Group shot of the Great War Historical Society
Another group shot...
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