Annual Veterans Day Parade in photos

Martha’s Vineyard veterans marched down the streets of Oak Bluffs Wednesday as part of the annual Veterans Day Parade, accompanied by Island supporters, to honor the men and women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces. This year, Veterans Day is flanked by the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, as well as 25 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks that forever changed the country. Generations of Islanders have served in different branches of the military, and among those in procession at the Oak Bluffs parade, were veterans of the Korean War, Vietnam War, and Gulf War, alongside the U.S. Coast Guard, Dukes County Sheriff’s Office deputies, U.S. Navy members, Oak Bluffs fire and police officials, and the Island’s Scouts, all of whom proudly bore their organizations’ flags under a warm November sun.

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