Programs, Parades Planned To Honor Veterans

November 9, 2010

Several programs, parades and events will honor veterans this week in the North Escambia area.

Thursday, November 11

Veterans Day Parade, Atmore, 10 a.m. The parade will travel from the Atmore City Hall, south through downtown along Main Street to Lindberg Avenue and end at Escambia County High School.

Veterans Day Parade, Pensacola, 9 a.m. The parade will travel from Spring and Main Streets to the Wall South memorial. Former POW and retired Air Force Lt. Col. Tom Pyle will be the parade grand marshal and guest speaker at the ceremony. Retired Air Force Colonel George “Bud” Day is scheduled to be one of the ceremony honorees. More info: Robert Hall (850) 456-1561.

Blue Angels homecoming air show Thursday through Saturday at Pensacola Naval Air Station. Performances begin at 9:30 a.m. with the Blue Angels flying at 2 p.m. each day. There will also be an evening show beginning at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Gates open at 8 a.m. each day. (850) 453-2389.

Friday, November 12

The Byrneville Elementary School Veterans Program will be held in the Northview High School Theater at 9 a.m. on Friday, November 12.

The annual Ernest Ward Middle School Veteran Program will be held Friday, November 12 at 9:30 a.m. in the school gym. The program will include special music, a drama performance, student presentations and more.  The program will also include student-led interviews with area veterans about their wartime service, giving them an opportunity to tell their story “in their own words”. Plans also call for the Coast Guard to land a helicopter at the end of the program and to honor them for their service in catastrophes such as Hurricane Katrina and the oil spill. All veterans are invited to attend. Refreshments will follow the program.

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