Jim Harney who once served on the USS Princeton thanks veteran Dennis Hauck for his service to the country. Hauck was on the Destroyer in Key West when Fidel Castro took over in Cuba.
American Flags flew all over downtown Sarasota on Memorial Day.
Frank D’Antonio served in the Army from 1967 to 1968.
Sarasota Military Academy sophomore Gracie Cespedes plays the National Anthem on the violin at the ceremony after the parade.
Jack Shea served in World War II. He was in the army and served in Germany, France and Italy.
Fifteen-month-old Harper Hunter waved her flag from the sidelines at the parade.
Marine veteran Jim Grams
Four-year-old Kai Bartholonew wears an Air Force uniform since his grandmother is in the Air Force.
Kevin Geriowx of the Blue Knights Florida Chapter 18 shakes two-year-old Shea Bartholonew’s hand.
Three-year-old Chloe Clements munches on a brownie from Whole Foods during the parade.
Booker High School JROTC Cadet salutes veterans.
President of the Sarasota County Veterans Commission Andy Hooker gives children high fives as he passes them in the parade.
Angela Osuba and her son Logan watched the parade pass by and waved their American flag.
Ariela Castaneda, 3, proudly waved her flag.
Ashley and Brianna Aular watched the parade and waved their American flags.
Barbra Ross Bartz is part of the Daughters of the American Revolution Myakka Chapter.
Barbra Ross Bartz waved her flag for Daughters of the American Revolution Myakka Chapter in the Memorial Day Parade.
Booker High School JROTC cadet salutes veterans.
Booker High School JROTC cadet projects orders over the speaker.
Linda Watkins showed her patriotism by walking in the parade with the Vietnam Brotherhood.
