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.
