Dedication to veterans

Please make sure you mark November 10th & 11th on your calendar for some major events taking place in downtown Brooksville to thank our local veterans.

On Saturday, November 10th, the Veterans Appreciation Parade will kick off the weekend with a 10 a.m. start time for the parade which will be followed by a concert on the court house steps by the Hernando County Youth Sympathy Orchestra. A traveling 100' WWII exhibit from the Florida Museum of Tallahassee will be on display in the atrium of the county building from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The Bandshell Bash will present Cab Calloway as their feature act at 4 p.m. Cab Calloway is the grandson of the late, great Calloway of the 1940's Swing Era music. A classic car show will also take place next to the band shell along and several food vendors for the crowd.

On Sunday, November 11th the Joint Veterans Commission will be conducting a ceremony to veterans at 11 a.m. at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell. In the afternoon, the non-profit group, Love Your Neighbor, Inc. is hosting a turkey dinner for homeless veterans at the American Legion, Post 99 on Ft. Dade Avenue in Brooksville.

Here's a preview of the line-up of the Veterans Appreciation Parade, to date.

· Hernando High School Band
· JROTC units from Springstead, Hernando & Central High Schools
· American Legion, Post 99
· Operation Pride
· Hernando Sportsman Club / Military Vehicles
· Hernando County Sheriff's Honor Guard
· Joint Veterans Commission / Florida National Cemetery / Bushnell
· Knights of Columbus
· Cub Scout Pack 443
· Young Marines / Marine Corp League 708
· Representative for Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite
· Rep. Robert Schenck
· Commissioner Stabins
· Commissioner Rocco
· Judge Stephen Rushing & wife Mia
· Weekee Wachee Mermaids
· Home Schoolers
· "Saluting Military & Veterans Float" /Bay Pines Veteran volunteers
· Horse Riders
· Members of DAV Tampa-
· Ye Mystic Air Krewe / Tampa
· Jenenne Norman-Vacha (city manager) & veteran husband
· Hernando County Fire Rescue
· Women’s Army Corp / Chapter 97
· Moose Lodge

**Hernando County Fine Arts Council is the proud sponsor of the Veterans Appreciation Parade, the Hernando County Youth Sympathy Orchestra event and the Bandshell Bash.