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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Slideshow: Scenes from the 2026 Tri-Valley Veterans Day Parade and concert, held in downtown Pleasanton on Nov. 8. (Photos by Chuck Deckert)Slideshow: Scenes from the 2026 Tri-Valley Veterans Day Parade and concert, held in downtown Pleasanton on Nov. 8. (Photos by Chuck Deckert)Slideshow: Scenes from the 2026 Tri-Valley Veterans Day Parade and concert, held in downtown Pleasanton on Nov. 8. (Photos by Chuck Deckert)Slideshow: Scenes from the 2026 Tri-Valley Veterans Day Parade and concert, held in downtown Pleasanton on Nov. 8. (Photos by Chuck Deckert)Slideshow: Scenes from the 2026 Tri-Valley Veterans Day Parade and concert, held in downtown Pleasanton on Nov. 8. (Photos by Chuck Deckert)Slideshow: Scenes from the 2026 Tri-Valley Veterans Day Parade and concert, held in downtown Pleasanton on Nov. 8. (Photos by Chuck Deckert)Slideshow: Scenes from the 2026 Tri-Valley Veterans Day Parade and concert, held in downtown Pleasanton on Nov. 8.

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