{"id":14720,"date":"2023-11-14T19:56:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T01:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=14720"},"modified":"2023-11-14T19:56:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T01:56:15","slug":"tulsas-2023-veterans-day-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=14720","title":{"rendered":"Tulsa’s 2023 Veterans Day Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last Friday I went downtown to see the 2023 Tulsa Veterans Day Parade. I see whenever I can. Tulsa has one of the largest such parades in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This year, son Logan joined me. The first time I have ever watched the parade with anybody!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A World War II vintage DC-3 Transport aircraft started flying over downtown Tulsa well before the parade and kept flying circles throughout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Tulsa Police Department motorcycle squad opened the parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Their were High School marching bands representing their schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TPD had some of the officers who are veterans in the parade with one of their armored vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some veterans organizations showed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Including the Veterans Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Logan liked all the military vehicles that were in the parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Several Junior ROTC squads showed up and marched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Miss Oklahoma showed up with a big smile. I googled her and her name is Sunny Day. What a name,!! I think it fits here. When I lived in Dallas years ago I knew somebody named Happy Holidays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And more military vehicles. This looks foreign to me but still cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My former coworkers from the company I retired from showed up in force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And it still wasn’t over. I didn’t stay long enough this time but after the parade is over, veterans from all over town show up and march. Some in full uniform some with just a cap. Lots of young people and lots of elderly folks showing their pride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve missed the parade a few times over the years but I’ll keep going for as long as I can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m linking with My Corner of the World<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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