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Communities Come Together To Honor Veterans, Military
May 17, 2009
Area residents turned out in Atmore Saturday morning to honor those that have and are currently serving in the military during a combined Armed Forces Day/Memorial Day parade and ceremony in Atmore.
Led by the Northview High School NJROTC and the Northview Tribal Beat marching band, the parade began the day’s events that ended with a ceremony at the Atmore City Hall.
“We are gathered here today while our nation is at war,” Atmore VFW Commander Lavon Martin said. “May God bless them for that service.”
Parade participants included the Northview band and NJROTC, the Escambia County High School NJROTC, the Pensacola High School Air Force JROTC, a unit from the Naval Aviation Technical Training Command, area fire departments, the VFW, and the American Legion.
Click here for a NorthEscambia.com photo gallery from the parade and ceremony.
Several NJROTC members from NHS and ECHS were honored after the parade. Click here for that story.
Pictured top: The Northview High School NJROTC leads the Atmore Armed Forces Day/Memorial Day parade Saturday morning. Pictured inset: Atmore Councilman John Garrard listens to a ceremony that followed the parade. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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5 Responses to “Communities Come Together To Honor Veterans, Military”
The ECHS band was told the wrong time. I think that it was very tacky that no one called to let the ECHS band, ECHS ROTC, and Pensacola NAS know that the parade time had changed from 10:00 to 9:30. If you noticed the representatives from NAS did not march in the parade.
I sure hope that this event will be better planned for next year. Our military does deserve better recognition. I don’t think many of the Atmore residence were aware of the parade as well as the Northview people were. It sure seemed that it was all about Northview.
I am so proud of you Skeeter.(Charles Rolin) With LOVE, Sis
Good job Northview NJROTC & band, Pensacola High and Pensacola NAS and Escambia County High JROTC!
It’s a good think Northview and the Pensacola groups showed up, or there would not have been a parade. Where was the ECHS band?
And where were the residents of Atmore? They sure were not on the streets. I saw empty streets and the families and friends of Northview lining Main Street.
Our military deserves better from Atmore.
I’m so proud of these kids for giving up their Saturday morning to participate in this event. It broke my heart that there were not many spectators for such a meaningful event, but I’ve had a grin on my face all day thinking about how sweet all of the veterans were that participated. You could tell it meant alot to them to have this parade and ceremony. Congrats to the Northview ROTC for their well-deserved awards!
I’m an alumni of Northview, and I’m in the United States Navy. It makes me proud to see my own high school showing their appreciation for all the men and women of our armed Forces. Good Job Northview!