A Powerful Military Parade Memory.
Gal and I were watching the parade in Wolfborough a few years ago with our Friend McDude. We saw all the regular stuff that these parades have to offer. Kids throwing candy. Important folks in old cars. Floats from local groups. Our prized veterans marching with pride.
What really struck my wife and I was the manning of the military vehicles. They had staffed the numerous museum quality vehicles with young men / women in period uniforms. What was incredible was the age of the young boys and girls. By using young adults that were of the actual age of the war's participants, it brought home like never before how young the participants really were in many cases. I won't forget that sight.
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