Midland, Texas, Holds Its Second Annual Veterans Community Celebration: 2027 Ticket Packages for the Top Three Parade Finishers
In Midland, Midland County, Texas, the Midland Veterans Partnership held its second annual Veterans Community Celebration on Saturday, November 7: a parade ran from 1 to 3 p.m. along A Street, followed by a celebration from 4 to 7 p.m. at Centennial Park and a free evening concert. Parade float prizes were sponsored by the Midland RockHounds, the local minor-league baseball team.
Bonham Athletes won first place in the parade, followed by the Midland-Odessa Navy Recruitment team and the N.E. Volunteer Fire Department. The RockHounds offered 2027 game-ticket packages to the top three finalists.
The celebration at Centennial Park included a Kids Zone, food trucks, a Veteran Resource Village, veteran-owned business vendors, guest speakers, and a veteran proclamation. Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit organization founded in 1992 that places wreaths on veterans' graves at approximately 5,000 cemeteries since its founding, was represented at the event; it will seek volunteers to lay wreaths on veterans' graves on December 19, 2026.
According to the report, the celebration follows a question raised by a local radio station about why the city did not hold a Veterans Day parade; after a first edition last year, this year's event is the second annual celebration. Veterans Day falls on November 11.
(Source: City of Midland, Texas)
Source: City of Midland, Texas
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