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Ponchatoula to host inaugural Tangipahoa Parish Veterans Day parade on Nov. 1
Summary
School system staff and community organizers described plans for a Nov. 1 Veterans Day parade in Ponchatoula that will include student participation, a vendor fair with about 50 resource partners, a tribute wall, veterans interviews and live music from World War II–era performers.
Ponchatoula will host the first countywide Veterans Day parade and celebration for Tangipahoa Parish on Saturday, Nov. 1, beginning at 9:30 a.m., organizers told the Tangipahoa Parish School Board.
School system staff member Miss Drader, who presented the item during the board's Sept. 16 meeting, said the event — organized by the Ponchatoula Celebrates Veterans committee — will route down Main Street from the Ponchatoula Lions Club to Memorial Park and include roughly 50 vendors offering services and resources to veterans.
The event matters because it is the first parade billed as a parishwide Veterans Day celebration and because schools will be…
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