Thousands of Kern County residents gathered Tuesday morning for the annual Veterans Day parade in downtown Bakersfield, coming together to celebrate veterans locally and across the country.
As veteran organizations, floats, car clubs, and school bands cruised through downtown Tuesday morning, I had the chance to meet several people to see why they came out to the parade.
Danielle Wright told me Tuesday was the first time she had been to the parade, but she wanted to come out to support her son, a middle schooler who was playing with their band. The symbolism behind her son’s performance that day made it special…