Males, ladies and kids lined the streets at Fort Vancouver Nationwide Historic Website on Monday to honor the nation’s veterans as a part of the thirty sixth Annual Lough Legacy Veterans Day Parade.
The Historic Belief hosted the occasion Nov. 11, together with an open home handing out espresso, sizzling cocoa and sizzling canines at close by Pearson Hangar.
Attendees had been donned in rain gear as clouds hovered overhead and soggy floor lay beneath. Regardless of the threatening rain, many locals nonetheless got here out to point out their respects, waving American flags because the parade handed by.
Doug Smith-Lee huddled along with his household alongside the parade route.
“Men and women, for years and years, have sacrificed so much for what we can enjoy and sometimes what we take for granted,” he mentioned.
“We need them now more than ever,” Leslie Smith-Lee added. “We need to honor the ones who’ve been through it all and who’ve broken everything in their body they possibly could have and done that for us — for our freedom.”
Doug Smith-Lee mentioned attending the parade is his household’s small approach of displaying appreciation for these sacrifices.
Marching bands, scouting troops and group organizations all marched within the parade. Vintage automobiles, tractors and hearth vehicles impressed. Nevertheless it was the veterans and the households of these killed in motion who highlighted the actual which means of the day.
Laura Belanger and her husband each have veterans of their households which were necessary of their lives. The couple introduced their two daughters to the parade.
Flag in hand, 7-year-old Rosie Belanger wasn’t certain what to anticipate in the course of the parade however needed to have fun her great-grandfathers.
“We wanted to bring them out so that we can show our respect,” Laura Belanger mentioned. The couple needed to instill of their youngsters the significance of taking the time to attend the parade.
Vancouver “has a long-established tradition of honoring our military history,” learn the Historic Belief’s web site.
The group mentioned the parade is supposed to have fun the service and sacrifice native veterans have made for freedom.