VETERAN'S DAY
11-11-97
6 AM

               
        SEVENTEEN UNITS ARE SCHEDULED TO PARTICIPATE IN TODAY'S

VETERAN'S DAY PARADE AT 5:00 PM.  THE PARADE WILL START WITH THE 

DECAUTR COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND CONCLUDE WITH UNITS FROM THE

GREENSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT.  IN BETWEEN WILL BE SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES

OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND THEIR

LADIES AUXILIARIES,  THE SONS OF THE LEGION, AM-VETS, THE GREENSBURG

FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DECATUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

MARCH MUSIC WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE GREENSBURG, NORTH AND SOUTH DECATUR

HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BANDS.

           FOLLOWING THE PARADE, A U.S. MARINE COLOR GUARD WILL RAISE THE

AMERICAN FLAG TO KICK OFF THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW ALL WARS MEMORIAL

ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE LAWN.  THE GREENSBURG COMMUNITY

HIGH SCHOOL  SILHOUETTES AND SHADOWS WILL SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

FOLLOWED BY ESSAY WINNERS WHO WILL SPEAK ON "WHAT A VETERAN MEANS TO

ME".  WILLIAM SMITH WILL GIVE THE MAIN ADDRESS AND THE SILHOUETTES AND

SHADOWS WILL CLOSE WITH THE SINGING OF "GOD BLESS THE U.S.A".


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