29th Tri-Valley Veterans Day Parade Marches in Pleasanton on November 8: More Than 75 Groups Honor Student Veterans Down Main Street
The 29th annual Tri-Valley Veterans Day Parade and band concert was held on Sunday, November 8, in Pleasanton, a city in Alameda County, California. The parade stepped off at 1 p.m. in front of Veterans Memorial Hall, at 301 Main Street, and proceeded four blocks north on Main Street to St. Mary's Street, with more than 75 organizations expected to take part this year.
Leading the parade was a color guard made up of members of Pleasanton Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6298 and American Legion Post 237. This year's parade honored student veterans, and its grand marshals, Trevor Penero and Anthony Sandoval, represent student veterans at Las Positas College.
At 1:30 p.m., the Pleasanton Community Concert Band, under the direction of Josephine Clements, performed patriotic music in front of Veterans Memorial Hall, and free ice cream was available for attendees.
As in past years, the parade and the post-parade event were organized and hosted by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6298, American Legion Post 237 and the City of Pleasanton. Veterans Day, the federal holiday on November 11, honors all who have served or are serving in the nation's armed forces, and Pleasanton held this year's parade on the Sunday before the holiday so more families could attend.
(Source: City of Pleasanton)
Source: City of Pleasanton
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Photo: 图：游行路线所在的 Pleasanton 市 Main Street，街口可见 PLEASANTON 拱门与美国国旗。图片来源：SelfieCity 摄，经 Wikimedia Commons 发布，CC0 1.0 公共领域贡献授权（File:Pleasanton Downtown Wikivoyage Banner.jpg，自全景图裁切）。Photo: Main Street in Pleasanton, California, the parade route, with the Pleasanton arch and U.S. flags. By SelfieCity, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 (cropped from the panorama).
