Today's Veterans Appreciation Parade was a spectacular success. Participation in this year's parade was the best in our 5 year history. The parade was so long this year that the lead met the middle momentarily becoming logjammed but Chief Tincher quickly had the parade moving again with the flow going in both directions down Main Street. The parade was lead by our city and county's finest with the Brooksville Police in the front vehicle with the Hernando County Sheriff's Honor Guard. The many participants were:
- WWII Sea Bees
- Young Marines
- Moose #1676
- Women's Army Corp
- Military Officers Association
- Operation Pride with Rose Rocco
- National Federation of the Blind
- City Council members Staib, Burnett & Weaver w/Karen Phillips
- Commissioners Schenck, Robinson, Rowden & Kingsley
- Rep. David Russell & Sandi Nicholson/School Board
- Judge Stephen Rushing, wife Mia who is a vet and their family
- Clover Leaf Convertible Club
- Clover Leaf Veterans & Color Guard
- Hernando Sportsman Club
- Military Vehicle Preservationist Association/7 vehicles
- Jesse Saylor & the American Legion Post 99
- American Legion Post 186
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- VFW 8713/w float
- Bay Pines Hospital (from Pinellas city) volunteers w/float
- 5 Thunderbirds - thunderbird Nest
- Vietnam Legacy Veterans Motorcycle Club
- Gulf Ridge Council Cub Scouts & Boy Scouts
- Girl Scouts-Troop 575
- Hernando High School Band
- Pow/Mia
- D.A.V.
- Pearl Harbor Survivor Allan Hartzhorne & wife
- Bob Haa-WWJB Radio
- Brooksville Fire Department-Ladder truck & 2 Rescue Trucks
My special thanks goes out to each of you for giving a few minutes this morning to participate in the parade. Your presence today was a very special way to say thank you to all our veterans and our current active duty military, along with their families, for their service to our country. I hope to see each of you next year!
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