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On Monday Nov. 11, the City of Antioch and held a Veterans Day celebration and parade in Downtown Antioch which included ceremonies, guest speakers, and a special landing of a Huey Helicopter.
The ceremony was led by Jim Davis, former Mayor of Antioch which included comments from Mayor Wade Harper, Contra Costa County Supervisor Mary Piepho, and Mark Carter who spoke about his son Ty Carter after he was a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Event sponsors included the Antioch Community Foundation, Kiwanis Club of the Delta-Antioch, Contra Costa Building Trades Council, V.F.W. Post 6435, Aloha Management, Tony Keslinke Family, Higgins Chapel, Oak View Memorial Park, Mayor Wade Harper, Jeff and Jose Monaghan, Barney and Martha Parsons.
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day late and a dollar short???? Might have attended if there’d been notice PRIOR to the parade instead of AFTER. BTW, former mayor was Jim DAVIS, not david! You could use a proof reader.
@Kay – Let’s not be so high and mighty about the day late and a dollar short. Apparently while you were looking for spare change in your pocket, you missed the 11/9/13 post by East County Today where the Veterans Day events were listed. I will cut and paste for your viewing pleasure.
https://eastcountytoday.net/east-county-set-to-honor-veterans-with-weekend-events/
Kay, Did you miss the prior notification contained on this site? It was there in the weekend event listing around the 9th of November—several days before the event. I’m not quite sure why you are cross with a website (editor) that provides up to the minute news and events accompanied by dozens of great photographs. The local press and cctimes cannot compete with the news, photos and info provided here so why the complaining?
Someone woke up on the wrong side of the broom. You should check yourself before you wreck yourself!
Amazing photographs. Love to see such a wonderful event in my hometown. We need more events like this to show community pride.
I love the photos of the Veterans, helicopter and the parade participants. Nothing shows community spirit like a good old fashioned Veteran’s day parade. Great job Antioch!
what a wonderful event. Thank you Antioch and to all who made this happen. Thank you to all the veterans as well for serving this country.
God bless our veterans. Never forget their sacrafices. RIP Sgt John Aragon. Way to go Freedom High School Marching Band.
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