The Westerly-Pawcatuck Veterans Day Parade will line up on the Pawcatuck Purchasing Middle, 37 South Broad St., Pawcatuck, on Saturday, Nov. 12.
Members ought to start to reach at 8:30 a.m. The parade procession will start at 9:30 a.m., stopping on the Pawcatuck World Conflict Memorial on Pequot Path, down West Broad Avenue, over the bridge to Excessive Avenue, Canal Avenue, onto Railroad Avenue and ending on the Westerly Armory for a ceremony.
The parade contributors will likely be lined up as follows:
• First Division: Flag Bearer: Chris Inexperienced; RI Prepare of Artillery: John Taber; Shade Guard VFW Publish 8955: Mike Pietraallo, Commander; 8955 Auxillary; VFW Publish 8955 riders; American Legion posts; DAV Chapter 6; DAV car; American Legion car; 705 AAA Battery; the Westerly Band; Westerly Police & Stonington Police Shade Guards; Westerly City Council & Stonington selectmen; native Westerly and Stonington board & committee representatives; state representatives and senators; navy items; Sub Vets; navy automobiles; Visitor of Honor WWII Veteran Dusty Edgecomb.
• Second Division: Shade Guard VFW 1265: Walter Reed, Commander; 1265 Auxiliaries; Connecticut Valley Subject Music Fife & Drum Corps; Native American Tribes; Westerly Elks; Rotary Membership; Phebe Greene Ward NSDAR; The Church At Westerly; Pilgrims Baptist Church; different taking part church buildings/spiritual teams; Shriners Motor Pool; Knights of Columbus; vintage automobiles; Kevin Gouvin/Army JEEP; Chad Gentile/1971 M35a2 “deuce and a half.”
• Third Division: Stonington Excessive College band, flag line, and cheerleaders; Miss RI for America Christina Roberts, Miss MA for America Erin Logan, Mrs. CT for America Kim Fanning Cofrancesco and director Tracy Brank. Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2022 Cynthia Dias and Mya Xeller; Boy Scouts, Woman Scouts, Cub Scouts & Brownies; any taking part sports activities organizations; Westerly Excessive College band; native radio; Fashionable Barber; Windfall Veteran Middle/Cell Vet Middle; Nutmeg Volunteer Junior Historic Fife and Drum Corps; 2nd Regiment Gentle Dragons; New England Mounted Artillery; “C” Battery; *Different Mounted Units.
• Fourth Division: Hearth and rescue tools; additional contributors.
Any group whose identify or class is lacking within the parade lineup ought to contact the Westerly-Pawcatuck Veterans’ Board of Evaluation at wpvetsboc@gmail.com.
