Veterans Day events slated across Mid-Ohio Valley on Saturday
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PARKERSBURG -- Veterans Day will be observed in Vienna, Marietta and Parkersburg on Saturday.
In Marietta, a parade will start at 10 a.m. at Fourth and Hart streets where the procession will make its way on Fourth to Putnam to Front where it will conclude at the war memorials in Muskingum Park, with a ceremony to follow.
The parade in Parkersburg will be from the horseshoe at Parkersburg High School and will take Washington Avenue beginning at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. World War II veteran Ray Brown, who celebrated his 100th birthday this summer, is the parade marshal.
A ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the park with Sue Rhymer, who served with the Army Nurse Corps in Vietnam, as the featured speaker.
The Vienna Veterans Day observance will begin at noon at Spencer's Landing at the Gold Star Memorial. Music will be electronically produced and the Parkersburg Woman's Club will lay a wreath at the monument, Mayor Randy Rapp said.
Russell Griffith, who is retired from the U.S. Army, will be the keynote speaker. The prayers will be offered by Brian Leveree of the Fellowship Baptist Church.
Carlins Battery, a county-sanctioned Civil War re-enactment group led by Jim Miracle, will fire the ceremonial cannon during the festivities.