COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) – Leroy Davis, Chairman for the Tri-City Veterans Day Parade Committee dropped by WRBL News 3 and spoke to anchor Teresa Whitaker about the upcoming event in November.
Davis also explained how former City Councilor “Pops” Barnes will be this year’s honoree at the parade.
“This parade will be in honor of ‘Pop’ Barnes,” he expressed. “He was the one who got it all started, so we are going to start calling the parade from now on the ‘Pop Barnes Veteran’s Day Parade.’”
But the event is more than just a parade, with Mayors Skip Henderson and Eddie Lowe being in attendance, along with marching bands from high schools and the Army, with the color guards leading the way in the march…