Vets honored at Ephrata parade
Veterans from American Legion Post 28 in Ephrata fire a 21-gun salute – three volleys of seven shots – outside the Ephrata Recreation Center Monday morning as part of the Veterans Day parade. The shots rang out at precisely 11:11 a.m., to commemorate the moment in 1918 when the guns of World War I fell silent.
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Cadets from the Civil Air Patrol form the color guard leading the Veterans Day parade in Ephrata Monday. From left: Teagan Baysinger, Austin Miller, Jackson Fortner and David Lyon.
Marchers in the Veterans Day parade set out from the Grant County Courthouse Monday morning. The veterans who participated were mostly older, but there were many young people in the parade marching alongside to honor them.
An army Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck - also known as a HEMTT (pronounced hemmut) - rumbles up Basin Street in Ephrata Monday as part of the Veterans Day parade. The vehicle can be equipped with a variety of configurations that allow soldiers to haul heavy loads. A crane-equipped model even allows technicians to change out engines and other heavy parts in a field setting.
Motorcycle-mounted veterans toss candy to bystanders at the Ephrata Veterans Day parade Monday.
Veterans and spectators alike grow reverent as veteran Larry McCarty blows taps at the end of the Veterans Day parade Monday.
EPHRATA — It wasn’t a huge crowd that turned out for the Veterans Day parade in Ephrata, but it was a reverent one.
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