Veterans Day Parade coming up next month in downtown Clarksville

CLARKSVILLE, TN − The Clarksville-Montgomery County Veterans Day Parade will take place on Saturday, Nov. 9, with pre-parade ceremonies set for 9 a.m. in front of the County Courthouse (south side) on Third Street downtown. The keynote speaker is retired Army 1st Sgt. Dr. Andrew Kester, former director of the Montgomery County Veterans Service Organization (MCVSO), who now serves Montgomery County as director of continuous improvement.

This year’s Veterans Day parade theme is a tribute to “80 Years of Service by the Montgomery County Veterans Service Organization.”

For those unable to attend in person, the parade will be live-streamed on the Montgomery County, Tennessee official Facebook page. It will also be filmed and posted on CDE Lightband’s Clarksville Community Network (CCN).

The parade will begin at 10 a.m. at the corner of N. Eighth and College Streets, next to the Sundquist Science Building at Austin Peay State University (APSU), with the reviewing stand at the Third Street side of the courthouse. The parade will proceed from College Street left onto University Avenue, right onto Main Street, left onto 3rd Street, left onto Commerce Street, left onto University Avenue, right onto Franklin Street, left onto Eighth Street, and back to the APSU parking area.

For more information, contact MCVSO at 931-553-5173. Parade entry forms for veterans groups and other organizations are available to download on their website, or the information may be submitted online at this link: https://mcgtn.org/vso/2024-veterans-day-parade.

Parade entries will be accepted through Friday, Oct. 25.

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