My Town's First Veterans Day Parade

[rpcrowe]

It wasn't much of a parade as parades go but, there was a lot of grass roots enthusiasm. It was quite emotional for me. I was wearing my Combat Veteran ball cap and an entire contingent of marchers broke ranks and came up to me thanking me for my service.

There was a member of our "Greatest Generation" riding in the parade, he was a World War Two Veteran who was celebrating his 100th birthday that day!

Veterans would meet each other with "Welcome Home Brother"

[Shadowman]

Nice series, were the women in the third image representing debutantes, widows, or something else?

[Antonio Correia]

Excellent pictures Richard ! As usual !

[rpcrowe]

Nice series, were the women in the third image representing debutantes, widows, or something else?

Their banner read International Order of Rainbow Girls... It is a Masonic Youth Organization...

[Shadowman]

Their banner read International Order of Rainbow Girls... It is a Masonic Youth Organization...

Thanks for the response, I googled, an interesting decades old organization.

[zen]

Much like DeMolay- for the sons of Masons. Were they also in the parade?

Zen

[rpcrowe]

Much like DeMolay- for the sons of Masons. Were they also in the parade?

Zen

I don't think so - at least I didn't see that group...