Lough Legacy Veterans Parade Celebration
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, Portland, Oregon. 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.