Community turns out for Veterans Day Parade
Floyd County held its annual Veterans Day Parade on Sunday, Nov. 8.
Veterans Day Parade participants assembled at the Mayberry Funeral Home on Sunday, Nov. 8, where they enjoyed baked goods and drinks from a USO-type canteen provided by the Floyd County Woman’s Club.
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The procession, sponsored by VFW Post #7854 and American Legion Post 127, was led down Route 8 and Main Street by a color guard of local veterans who were accompanied by the spirited music of the Floyd County High School Marching Band.
Under bright sunny skies, parade attendees lined the streets to greet and applaud veterans and to enjoy the patriotic show that included local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, vintage automobiles, motorcycles, fire trucks, tractors, and the Kazim Shriners Hillbilly Clowns, whose primary charitable mission is to support Shriners Children’s hospitals.
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The Moose Lodge was honored with a plaque for the Most Patriotic parade entry, and Mission Barbecue received a plaque for the Best Decorated.
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Members of Sisters’ Keepers, a motorcycle club focused on riding, sisterhood, and community service, rode their motorcycles through the parade route.
Army Veteran Jason Ehrhart, who lost a leg while serving in Iraq 20 years ago, paraded in his wheelchair with the accompaniment of a fellow veteran.
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Jason Rutledge of Ridgewind Farm Suffolks and Carl Whitaker paraded by horse and buggy. Both men are veterans and proponents of horse powered restorative forestry.
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VFW Post #7854 and American Legion Post 127 serves Floyd County combat veterans with community support and camaraderie. VFW Orland Phillips Post #7854 is named after Floyd County WWII veteran Orland Phillips, who passed away in 2023 and last participated in the Floyd County Veterans Parade in 2021 at the age of 102.
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