The La Plata Veterans Day parade was long; about 45 minutes. I couldn't believe how many JROTC members our count high schools have. It seems the sea of uniforms never stopped.
Two high school marching bands and tons of veteran motorcycle groups, car clubs, and jeep clubs. Dude and his wife were even in period costume as he drove a 1903 Oldsmobile.
Now my complaint; yes you knew it was coming. I just find it a sad state of affairs when the La Plata VFD has only one piece of apparatus in a parade in their hometown. In the past, they used to put every piece and their two antiques in the parade. The Charles County Rescue Squad in town had more apparatus in the parade than the fire department. The Greenbelt Police Department, located in another count and about 35 minutes away, had more apparatus than the hometown fire department.
And all of the emergency apparatus were last.
Next year, I'm going to suggest we put our secondary engine in the parade and have our veteran members ride in it. I was going to see if we could do that this year, but I didn't realize the registration ended back on October 14th.
And my wife had an issue with someone which I find hilarious as she always says something to me when I complain about people at parades.
She and my Son were sitting on the grass and when the parade started, some dude just walked up and stood right in front of them.
MY wife kept muttering how rude that was as they walked by and found a curb to sit on elsewhere.