The front of the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The front of the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

Photo Gallery: Port Jervis Veterans Day Parade

By Holly Kellum
November 11, 2015 Updated: November 11, 2015

PORT JERVIS—Veterans from Deerpark and Port Jervis, as well as other non-military groups, joined in the Veterans Day Parade from the Port Jervis Middle School on E. Main Street to the Orange Square Park on Pike Street on Nov. 11. After the parade, a ceremony was held in Orange Square Park.

 

The front of the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
The front of the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

The color guard for the Traveling All-Stars, one of the local Broome Street Bands, marching in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times
The color guard for the Traveling All-Stars, one of the local Broome Street Bands, marching in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times

 

Traveling All-Stars, a local Broome Street Band, marching in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Traveling All-Stars, a local Broome Street Band, marching in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

A color guard for the Traveling All-Stars, a local Broome Street Band, marching in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
A color guard for the Traveling All-Stars, a local Broome Street Band, marching in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

Traveling All-Stars, a local Broome Street Band, marching in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Traveling All-Stars, a local Broome Street Band, marching in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

Marchers in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Marchers in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

Scout troops marching in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Scout troops marching in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

Motorcyclists in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Motorcyclists in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

Lions scouts march in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Lions scouts march in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

Marchers in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Marchers in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

Tom Faggione, Orange County legislator for the 13th district, driving veterans in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Tom Faggione, Orange County legislator for the 13th district, driving veterans in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

Marchers in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Marchers in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

Port Jervis High School marching band in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Port Jervis High School marching band in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

Army veterans in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Army veterans in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

Army veterans in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Army veterans in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

Army veterans in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Army veterans in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

People carrying a large flag down E. Main Street in Port Jervis for the Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
People carrying a large flag down E. Main Street in Port Jervis for the Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

People carrying a large flag down E. Main Street in Port Jervis for the Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
People carrying a large flag down E. Main Street in Port Jervis for the Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

Motorcyclists in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
Motorcyclists in the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

A bystander holding a sign and watching the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
A bystander holding a sign and watching the Veterans Day Parade in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

After the Veterans Day parade, people gather in Port Jervis' Orange Square Park for a ceremony on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
After the Veterans Day parade, people gather in Port Jervis’ Orange Square Park for a ceremony on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)

 

A WWII monument in Orange Square Park in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
A WWII monument in Orange Square Park in Port Jervis on Nov. 11, 2015. (Holly Kellum/Epoch Times)
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