In other parts of the country, veterans are treated with respect and gratitude. Thousands lined the streets of downtown Fayetteville Saturday morning for the 2014 Veterans Day Parade, the biggest parade honoring veterans in the state. Read more....
Here in Lake Worth the attendance was a sad tribute to those who have given the ultimate sacrifice to keep our country free. I'm not sure why this attitude is prevalent in our city. Perhaps you can attribute it to that "diverse" population everyone is always bragging about, people with no loyalty to the United States for anything, even learning our language. Or maybe it was the lack of advertising...several people told me that they knew nothing about it.
Attendance yesterday was miniscule and embarrassing. My observation of yesterday's Veteran's Day Parade was that the working class younger couples stayed home or went to the beach, too busy in their hectic lives to take an hour of time to say "thanks" or to teach their kids about the importance of our military. The average age here is 34.6. Once we older residents die off, remembering our veterans may end up being nothing more than a memory of something that used to be.
Residents do, however, manage to attend the Gay Pride Parade in massive numbers.
I have to admit that I didn't make it this year. Sorry to say.
ReplyDeletePerhaps save the celebrations for the actual day of the holiday. Too many events all spread out and I like to celebrate the actual holuday no matter the day of the week it falls on.
ReplyDeleteWho is in charge of this parade? Don't we have an events coordinator now? Just another high paid public servant.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the City did a very good job of advertising the event. Also, there are other events in close proximity that did quite well, see WPB's parade. So I don't think the demographics are dictating the outcome.
ReplyDeleteIt is true that younger people may have more difficulty in getting to events vs. the retired set. I can tell you that I worked both Sat. and Sunday and fit in a class on Sunday and then also tried to get some errands done. I spent one hour this weekend enjoying myself and that was to walk over to the farmers market.
Unfortunately, young people are so worried about paying off student loan debt and trying to get ahead in this very tough economic world that parades sometimes have to be skipped.