The Big Red Marching Band marched on the main streets of Beaver in honor of our veterans. Leading the parade was the Beaver JROTC, followed by all the veterans that have served from World War ll to Vietnam.
On Nov. 11, the parade included Volunteer Fire Departments (VFD), such as Conway, Rochester and Monaca, marching alongside the bands. In addition, the American Legion groups of Beaver County, New Brighton, Baden, Unionville and Ambridge participated. Other groups that marched in the parade were the Beaver Falls and Rochester Elks.
All of the bands in Beaver County had the honor of taking place in marching during this parade. In the middle of the parade, some of the bands stopped marching and played the National Anthem as bystanders stood at attention, put their hands over their hearts and waved their American flags.
The crowd continued to sing along to a few of the songs that the bands played throughout the parade. Some of the songs played were: “God Bless America,” “Caissons Go Rolling Along,” “Air Force Song” and “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”
Several students from the Ambridge Jr. ROTC posed on the back of a truck re-enacting the flag raising at Iwo Jima. The US Marine Corps War Memorial, established in 1943 and located in Washington, D.C., shows five Marines and a Navy hospital corpsman raising the flag.
“It felt good to honor those who have fought for our country,” Junior Amanda Fischer said.