Veterans honored at Chicora Memorial Day Parade
CHICORA — Most of the borough’s residents spent their Memorial Day on Monday lining the streets for an event that was part celebration, part somber ceremony — the annual Memorial Day parade.
Hours before the parade officially kicked off at 10 a.m., citizens gathered, looking for the best place to park and to view the procession of antique cars, farm machinery, fire engines, and patriotism.
“It’s probably one of the biggest parades that we have in our county, and people come from all over the place,” said Stacy McDonald. Hundreds of people attended.
The parade, and Memorial Day as a whole, took on special meaning for McDonald and her entire family. McDonald’s son, Shane, recently returned from a months-long tour of duty aboard a naval ship, and is staying just long enough to both take part in the parade and witness his sister’s graduation. Shane will return to duty on Monday to be stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
“We’ve been in this area for about 20 years, and he loves farming,” McDonald said. “He wants to eventually move back here and farm.”
