{"id":30781,"date":"2023-10-13T17:54:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T22:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=30781"},"modified":"2023-10-13T17:54:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T22:54:08","slug":"clarksville-montgomery-county-veterans-day-parade-to-be-held-november-11th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/13\/clarksville-montgomery-county-veterans-day-parade-to-be-held-november-11th\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarksville-Montgomery County Veterans Day Parade to be held November 11th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-170513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Montgomery-County-Veterans-Service-Organization.jpg\" alt=\"Montgomery County Veterans Service Organization\" width=\"250\" height=\"108\"\/><strong>Montgomery County, TN<\/strong> &#8211; The Clarksville-Montgomery County Veterans Day Parade will take place on Saturday, November 11th, 2023, with pre-parade ceremonies set for 9:00am in front of the historic courthouse (south side) on Third Street in downtown Clarksville. The keynote speaker is Air Force Master Sergeant (Ret) Joe Thomas, Jr.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Veterans Day Parade theme is \u201cSalute to Veterans in Law Enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Veterans Day Parade allows the community to come together and thank our military veterans for their service and sacrifice. I hope to see our community come out to support some of our local heroes,\u201d said Montgomery County Mayor Wes Golden.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30782\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Veterans-Day-Parade.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30782\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30782\" src=\"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Veterans-Day-Parade-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Veterans Day Parade\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Veterans-Day-Parade-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Veterans-Day-Parade-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Veterans-Day-Parade-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Veterans-Day-Parade-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Veterans-Day-Parade.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Veterans Day Parade<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur staff is always honored to host this community parade. We work with our remarkable veterans daily and appreciate the value they add to Clarksville and Montgomery County. Taking some time to support our veterans is a small token of appreciation for their contributions,\u201d stated VSO Director Hector Santos.<\/p>\n<p>For those unable to attend in person, the parade will be livestreamed on the Montgomery County, Tennessee, official Facebook page. It will also be filmed and posted on CDE Lightband\u2019s Clarksville Community Network (CCN).<\/p>\n<p>The Parade begins at 10:00am at the corner of North Eighth Street and College Street, next to the Sundquist Science Building at Austin Peay State University, with the reviewing stand at the Third Street side of the courthouse. The parade will proceed from College left onto University Avenue, right onto Main Street, left onto Third Street, left onto Commerce Street, left onto University Avenue, right onto Franklin Street, left onto Eight Street, and back to the APSU parking area.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact the Montgomery County Veterans Service Organization at 931.553.5173. Parade entry forms for veterans groups and other local organizations, as well as route maps, can be picked up at the office between 8:00am and 4:30pm, Monday \u2013 Friday, or by e-mail request to <a href=\"mailto:vetsvc@mcgtn.net\">vetsvc@mcgtn.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Parade entries will be accepted through Friday, October 27th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montgomery County, TN &#8211; The Clarksville-Montgomery County Veterans Day Parade will take place on Saturday, November 11th, 2023, with pre-parade ceremonies set for 9:00am in front of the historic courthouse (south side) on Third Street in downtown Clarksville. The keynote speaker is Air Force Master Sergeant (Ret) Joe Thomas, Jr. This year\u2019s Veterans Day Parade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[18649,21017,4682,1847,1266,109,1579,35294,2310,160,10067,2522,21021,1886,7746,11229,35081],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-80t","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30783,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30781\/revisions\/30783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}