{"id":79354,"date":"2020-05-23T17:52:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T21:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=79354"},"modified":"2020-05-25T06:58:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T10:58:08","slug":"local-organizations-host-memorial-day-veterans-car-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2020\/05\/23\/local-organizations-host-memorial-day-veterans-car-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Local organizations host Memorial Day Veterans \u2018Car\u2019 Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several Tioga County organizations have teamed up to hold a Memorial Day \u2018Car\u2019 parade in honor of veterans on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25.&nbsp;Parade assembly will take place on Temple Street in the Village of Owego beginning at 10 a.m. in front of the Owego Police Station, located at 90 Temple St., with the parade kicking off at 10:30 a.m. through downtown Owego.&nbsp;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Area residents are encouraged to join the parade with flags and other patriotic paraphernalia, but will be required to remain in their vehicles due to COVID-19 restrictions and are encouraged to wear facemasks.<\/p>\n<p>The parade is in partnership with American Legion Post #401, Veterans of Foreign War Post #1371, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter #480, Veterans of Modern Warfare Chapter #9, 137th New York Volunteers Civil War Reenactors, the Owego Fire Department, Owego Hose Teams, the Owego Police Department, Village of Owego, Town of Owego, and Tioga County.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There will be no assembly in the Courthouse Square at the Tioga County Veterans Memorial this year due to the COVID-19 crisis and social distancing guidelines will be in effect for the parade.&nbsp;The parade route starts on Temple Street and will proceed south on North Avenue, west on Main Street, South on Park Street, and north on Court Street where it concludes.<\/p>\n<p>Other events include a roll call that honors 5,000 deceased Tioga County veterans read by Mary Beth Jones and JoAnn Walter live on Facebook and YouTube via News Radio WEBO\u2019s Facebook page starting at 8:15 a.m.&nbsp;At 10 a.m., the Service of Remembrance will take place live on WEBO, Facebook and YouTube, with Jim Raftis Sr. honoring 165 Tioga County Fallen Heroes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gold Star Mother Barbara Bilbrey will be participating on the broadcast with Raftis, reflecting on the loss of her son Charlie who was killed in the line of duty 11 years ago in Iraq.&nbsp;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The American Legion\u2019s annual chicken BBQ will also take place at 263 Front St. in Owego starting at 11 a.m., with drive-thru or delivery service.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Tioga County organizations have teamed up to hold a Memorial Day \u2018Car\u2019 parade in honor of veterans on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25.&nbsp;Parade assembly&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":79358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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