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Thought i would get a thread started for this event to see whos coming and to invited people to come out. If you have any other info on other events around North Carolina this weekend please feel free to add it. Please follow up after this event with photos.
Please join us on Saturday, November 8, 2008 in downtown Raleigh as we salute our Veterans. The parade will begin at 9:30 Saturday morning and will be followed by a formal ceremony at the Capitol at 11:00. The Enloe Ensemble will play between the parade and the ceremony. The parade will follow the same route as last year.
For the past 27 years, the Wake County Council of Veterans Organizations, Inc. has sponsored the North Carolina Veterans Parade and Ceremony. This is an exciting event in which to show the men and women who are serving today and those who have served in the past years that their sacrifices and commitment to this country are appreciated. As you know on Veterans Day we recognize those who served both living and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, unlike Memorial Day when we recognize only those we lost in serving their country. The WCCVO represents nearly 50,000 veterans and their families throughout Wake County.
On 8 November 2008, we will be sponsoring our 27th North Carolina Veterans Parade and Ceremony. The Parade will start at 9:15 on the corners of Davie and Fayetteville.
The WCCVO and the American Red Cross and The National Veterans Freedom Park are collaborating with a series of events beginning with the Parade, Ceremonies in Raleigh at the Capitol, then displays and a concert at the KoKa Booth Amphitheatre in Cary. There was a battle in Vietnam during and operation called Operation Hump between the 173rd Airborne and the North Vietnamese; during this battle 45 Americans where killed and many more wounded. A medic who was badly wounded kept working to save his fellow soldiers. As a result of his unselfish act of bravery he was awarded the Medal Of Honor, this Medic’s name was Lawrence Joel from Winston Salem, NC. He was the first black American soldier to be awarded the Medal Of Honor since the Spanish American War. We lost Sgt. Joel in the 80’s. One of the men he saved that day was Niles Harris. Niles Harris met and befriended two country music stars who later wrote and performed a song “8 November” dedicated to Niles and the men of the 173rd and Operation Hump. Niles will be serving as the Grand Marshal of the Parade and the Red Cross has commissioned an artist to do a mural of the battle that will be presented to the National Veterans Freedom Park at the concert.
Please join us on Saturday, November 8, 2008 in downtown Raleigh as we salute our Veterans. The parade will begin at 9:30 Saturday morning and will be followed by a formal ceremony at the Capitol at 11:00. The Enloe Ensemble will play between the parade and the ceremony. The parade will follow the same route as last year.
For the past 27 years, the Wake County Council of Veterans Organizations, Inc. has sponsored the North Carolina Veterans Parade and Ceremony. This is an exciting event in which to show the men and women who are serving today and those who have served in the past years that their sacrifices and commitment to this country are appreciated. As you know on Veterans Day we recognize those who served both living and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, unlike Memorial Day when we recognize only those we lost in serving their country. The WCCVO represents nearly 50,000 veterans and their families throughout Wake County.
On 8 November 2008, we will be sponsoring our 27th North Carolina Veterans Parade and Ceremony. The Parade will start at 9:15 on the corners of Davie and Fayetteville.
The WCCVO and the American Red Cross and The National Veterans Freedom Park are collaborating with a series of events beginning with the Parade, Ceremonies in Raleigh at the Capitol, then displays and a concert at the KoKa Booth Amphitheatre in Cary. There was a battle in Vietnam during and operation called Operation Hump between the 173rd Airborne and the North Vietnamese; during this battle 45 Americans where killed and many more wounded. A medic who was badly wounded kept working to save his fellow soldiers. As a result of his unselfish act of bravery he was awarded the Medal Of Honor, this Medic’s name was Lawrence Joel from Winston Salem, NC. He was the first black American soldier to be awarded the Medal Of Honor since the Spanish American War. We lost Sgt. Joel in the 80’s. One of the men he saved that day was Niles Harris. Niles Harris met and befriended two country music stars who later wrote and performed a song “8 November” dedicated to Niles and the men of the 173rd and Operation Hump. Niles will be serving as the Grand Marshal of the Parade and the Red Cross has commissioned an artist to do a mural of the battle that will be presented to the National Veterans Freedom Park at the concert.
and the Marine Corps League/Raleigh 
