Houston Veterans Day Parade

[m715mike]

This year and last, my work schedule has kept me from participating in the Houston, Texas Veterans Day Parade. However, it did not keep me from being a spectator. I am very fortunate to have a birds eye view of the parade from the 8th floor of an office building.

There was an amazing line-up of military vehicles in attendance from active duty to well-maintained rolling history! The vehicles were spread-out amongst JROTC groups, high school marching bands, corporate floats, veteran's service organizations, etc. All-in-all, the parade lasted about an hour.

Here are some pictures (albeit poor quality cell phone pictures from 8 stories up in the air):

 

[m715mike]

Here are a few more pictures. I tried to get one of each MV in attendance.







If you were in the parade, please let me know how it was from your vantage point. I would enjoy hearing your stories.

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

Thank you for posting up those pics.
Your sniper's nest was a perfect vantage point for spectating.

Thank you for your service.

I am reminded of just how "desperately I NEED" an APC (M113 Armored Personnel Carrier).

 

[Al Harvey]

Post #2 picture #8 The guy standing on the sewer cover, at first glance he almost looked like a toy solider from the high view. lol

Excellent Parade and the pictures are great!

 

[NDT]

FYI, these vehicles are mostly from the National United States Armed Forces Museum on Wallisville Rd. They do a great job supporting parades and the Freedom festival every year in Houston.