Crowds numbering in the hundreds stood along the route Saturday for Sherman's eighth annual Veterans Parade, and hundreds more took part in it, KXII reported.
Veterans from several conflicts joined the procession, including some from World War II. Local officials, first responders, elementary students and veterans' advocacy groups were also in the lineup, along with cars, trucks and military vehicles.
Parade organizer Ron Engelke told KXII the event is a way for the city to show veterans they matter. "If you see a veteran out not just today, any day, go ahead and shake their hand, tell them thank you for their service, that's all they want to hear every once in a while," he told the station.
Organizers told KXII they already have plans to make next year's parade bigger.
Students clean a women's cemetery
On the same day, volunteers with Austin College's Great Day of Service spent the morning at the Woodmen Circle Home Cemetery, scrubbing headstones and cutting back grass that had grown over the graves, according to KXII.
