Amador County – Hundreds of people lined two sides of Main Street in Jackson Friday for the third annual Veterans Day Parade.
Master of Ceremonies Charline Buckely of American Legion Post 108 Auxiliary led the crowd in the pledge of allegiance, followed by the Star Spangled Banner.
Participants included the Legion 108 Honor Guard, civic groups and agency vehicles, and many veterans. Preparation began earlier in the day with volunteers lining the Main Street sidewalks with flags. Todlers wave flags and school children and adults held signs of thanks to the veterans, or yelled their thank-you’s from the sidewalks. Parade participants included Post 108 American Legion Riders. The Native Sons of the Golden West carried an American flag that spanned the width of Main Street, and a float of the Italian Benevolent Society float carried many veterans. Jackson Lions Club members carried a large California flag.
Two Kit Carson Mountain Men also marched, followed by Amador Transit’s Amador Trolley, with a POW/MIA banner on its back rail, and a stretch of vintage cars at its flank, including Jackson Police Chief Scott Morrison in his vintage patrol car. Emergency vehicles included those from Jackson Fire Department, Amador Fire Protection District, Lockwood Fire, and Cal Fire trucks (with a hand crew from Pine Grove Conservation Camp). Others vehicles came from Jackson Valley Fire, Sutter Creek Fire, and Ione Fire.
The Argonaut High School marching band also marched, as did the West Point Veterans of Foreign Wars color guard and their Auxiliary. Other groups marching were Boy Scout Troop 63 of Sutter Creek, Calaveras American Legion Post 376 of Glencoe, Mother Lode Scots, Civil Air Patrol junior cadets, Amador and Argonaut FFA, Amador County Fair Foundation, Mother Lode Tea Party, and Clampers Post 49 of Yerba Buena and Post 1841 of Sacramento. Two Amador County Judge hopefuls Steve Hermanson and Jeff Seaton also participated.
Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
