Downtown Sarasota beams with pride for Veterans Day parade
Main Street hosts parade goers and local veterans for annual parade.
By
Amanda Morales
| 11:29 a.m. November 11, 2015
Sarasota
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Residents filled Main Street for the opportunity to thank local veterans during the annual Downtown Sarasota Veterans Day Parade Wednesday morning.Â
Thousands of parade goers donned patriotic colors and many waved American flags to show their support. City officials walked in the parade as well as local law enforcement. Chief of Police Bernadette DiPino stopped to shake hands and thank veterans along the parade route.Â
Cash Woods hangs over the barricade to wave his flag at Sarasota Military Academy cadets.
Dennis and Meryl Hauck receive poppies and flags during the parade.
Sarasota Mayor Willie Shaw salutes veterans during the parade.
Sarasota High School mascots wave at parade goers.
Cadets from the Sarasota Military Academy Pipe Band play along the parade route.
Sarasota City commissioner Susan Chapman walks in the parade.
Dennis and Jen Harms
Brody Johnson catches a ride on his father Todd Johnson's shoulders to get a better view of the parade.
Keith Spaulding with Diesel
Gracie Booth and Ellen Bates wore matching dresses for the occasion.
Bernard "Chico" Johnson waves from the crowd during the parade. Johnson served with Navy Seabees during the Vietnam War.
Barbara, Yordan and Audrey Labrada
Annabelle Hembree, Cooper Robinson and Allie Bartley wait patiently for the parade to start.
Retired Lt. Col. Duff Smiley and his wife Maj. Diane Smiley met each other while serving in the Air Force.
