The 2011 Williamson County Veterans Day Parade will be the highlight of local Veterans Day observances.
The parade will consist of marching bands and ROTC units from local schools, entries from local veterans organizations, marching community leaders, entries from local organizations, twelve Grand Marshals, and thousands of marching schoolchildren learning about patriotism.
The parade's route will begin at Five Points at The Williamson County Archives, proceed north up Main Street, travel around the Town Square, turn left onto Second Avenue North, and ending at the Senior Citizens Park at the end of Second Avenue North.
Streets in downtown Franklin on the parade route will close to all but parade traffic at about 10:00am. Parade entries will assemble from Five Points south down West Main Street for approximately one mile.
The Veterans Day Parade will be preceded by a reception honoring all local veterans and the parade's twelve Grand Marshals. The reception will be held 9:00am to 11:00am at The Williamson County Archives with a brunch and live entertainment planned.
The parking lot at the Archives will be closed to all but Grand Marshals' vehicles.
The bells of Historic Downtown Franklin will toll from 10:50am to approximately 11:11am when the parade will start with a lowlevel flyover of a C-130 Hercules from the Tennessee Air National Guard. The giant plane will fly over Main Street from north to south at 1000 feet.
The Grand Marshals of the 2011 Veterans Day Parade include:
Floyd Anderson of Pinewood, Veteran of the U.S. Army
Tom Bain of Brentwood, Veteran of the U.S. Army
Clyde Barnhill of Franklin, Veteran of the U.S. Army
Phil Bennett of Spring Hill, Veteran of the U.S. Air Force
Bobby Connell of Flat Creek, Veteran of the U.S. Army
Craig Holland of Franklin, Veteran of the U.S. Army
Edward Hoover of Franklin, WWII Veteran of the U.S. Army
Clyde Lynch of College Grove, Veteran of the U.S. Navy
E.E. Scholes of Franklin, Major General, Retired ,U.S. Army
Jim Swindle, Spring Hill Fire Chief, Veteran of the U.S Army, author of Surviving Vietnam
Ennis Wallace, Sr. of Flat Creek, Veteran of the U.S. Navy
Ricky Watson, Brentwood Police Chief, Veteran of the U.S. Army
For more information, call 615-791-3217.
