{"id":29133,"date":"2012-03-14T18:58:18","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T22:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=29133"},"modified":"2012-03-14T18:58:18","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T22:58:18","slug":"houston-to-host-parade-for-iraq-vets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=29133","title":{"rendered":"Houston to host parade for Iraq vets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Houston Chronicle<\/a> reports that their city will host a parade for returning veterans of the Iraq War next month;<\/p>\n

Houston’s parade is scheduled for Saturday, April 7, said Gene Tulich, chairman of the nonprofit Houston Military Affairs Committee. <\/p>\n

The Lone Star Veterans Association, a Houston-based Iraq and Afghanistan veterans group, will march front and center, followed by military personnel from local Reserve and National Guard units, Tulich said. Veterans of previous wars also are invited to participate.<\/p>\n

The parade will kick off between 3 and 3:30 p.m., with assembly about 2 p.m., Tulich said. The route has yet to be determined, but will end at Minute Maid Park, where the Astros have donated 1,000 tickets for personnel in uniform, and their families, in addition to Iraq War veterans who are no longer in uniform.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I know that most of you guys don’t want parades and would prefer to just have proper health care and to have people not act funny when you tell them you were in Iraq, but it looks like this all you’re going to get. It’s cool of the Astros to give out boat loads of free tickets, I know you’d rather have a good team handing out tickets, but it’s all Houston has, sorry.<\/p>\n

“The mayor wanted to do something to honor the Iraq War veterans,” said Michan. “She is proud to partner with the Astros for this and plans to have a major announcement with all the details in the next week or so.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, Mayor Annise Parker is the one who invited Ballduster McSoulpatch<\/a> to her victory party, so if any of you go to Houston and meet her, tell her that I said ‘thanks’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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