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Optional Pack Veterans Day Parade
Date: 11/11/09 - 11/11/09
Time: 10:00AM - 2:00PM
Location: Down Town San Jose
The 91th Annual Veterans Day Parade will be held at 11:00am on, November 11, 2009 at Delmas Street, San Jose. The parade begins at 12:00 noon in downtown San Jose on Delmas Street and ends at San Carlos Street.
We will meet mid-morning to assemble in the parade queue. Stay tuned for an announcement before the event exactly where we will meet (last year it was near the Water Building / HP Pavillian area.) Last year we wrapped up between 1-2pm.
It is best to right the light rail, so you don't have trouble finding parking. The parade starts near the HP Pavillion and ends near the Convention Center (next to the light rail station.) It is quicker to get on the light rail than to walk back to the parking where the parade began.
We encourage scouts to wear a picture of a loved one who is or was in the military. The best way to do this is to either wear the picture on a lanyard or put the photo in a ziplock bag and hook that to a shirt front pocket.
Each year since 1919, the United Veterans Council of Santa Clara County (UVC) has conducted an Armistice Day Ceremony and produced a Veterans Day Parade with support from the City of San Jose and County of Santa Clara. This year’s Parade, the largest
Veterans Day Parade in Northern California, honors all those who have served, and those who are continuing to serve their country.
The Opening Ceremony for the Veterans Day Parade begins on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month with a memorial ceremony at Plaza Cesar de Chavez on Market Street in honor of the 1918 Armistice of the “War to End All Wars”.
Dave Reid
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