The Fort Vancouver National Trust will host the Annual Veterans Parade at Fort Vancouver presented by the Lough Legacy on Saturday, November 7. The parade begins at 11:00AM, rain or shine. This year marks the 29th anniversary of the community celebration honoring Veterans of all service branches.
The ceremony preceding the parade, beginning at 10:00 AM on the Marshall House lawn, will feature keynote speaker Colonel Paul Fitzgerald, Commander of the 142d Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard. Col. Fitzgerald leads over 1,000 personnel in the execution of the F-15 Eagle Aerospace Control Alert mission defending the Pacific Northwest, worldwide deployments supporting national objectives, and domestic operations activities as directed by the Governor. He is a command pilot with over 2,600 flight hours in F-15 A-D fighter aircraft, and is a member of the National Guard Association of the United States and the Allied Pilots Association of American Airlines.
The ceremony will also feature local veterans, and honor the 2015 Grand Marshal of the Lough Legacy Veterans Parade, Pat Jollota.
Vancouver honors veterans of all branches of service with this annual parade, which begins at the east end of Officers Row at East Reserve Street. The parade attracts more than 120 entries with approximately 2,500 individuals marching or riding in the parade. The public is encouraged to attend and support veterans and troops at one of the largest Department of Veteran Affairs-sanctioned veterans parades on the West Coast. The parade will be broadcast on CVTV several times.
