County News

2015 Veterans Day Parade

The Clarksville-Montgomery County Veterans Day Parade will take place on Saturday, Nov. 7, with pre-parade ceremonies set for 9 a.m. in front of the historic courthouse (south side) on Third Street in downtown Clarksville. Keynote speaker is Army retired 1st Sergeant and former assistant director of the Montgomery County Veterans Service Office, David Ross.

This year's Veterans Day parade theme is "Veterans Honoring Veterans."

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, with the reviewing stand at the Third Street side of the courthouse. The parade will proceed from College 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 8th Street and back to the APSU parking area.

For more information, contact the Montgomery County Veterans Service Organization at 553-5173. Parade entry forms for veterans groups and route maps can be picked up at the office between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., by e-mail request to [email protected] or on the Veterans Service Organization's Website at www.mcgtn.org/vso/events-and-ceremonies.