Retired U.S. Army Col. John Davenport, Department of Tennessee President (above) represented ROA at the 2021 Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia Veterans Day Parade in his red Corvette convertible on Nov. 6, 2021.
Retired U.S. Army Col. John Davenport, Department of Tennessee President, represented ROA at the historic 2021 Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia Veterans Day Parade.
According to the Calhoun Times, hundreds turned out Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021 to honor those who served.
The parade was part of an all-day “Honoring Those Who Serve” festival that paid homage to U.S. military personnel and veterans, firefighters, police officers and other first responders, as well as those from the medical, education, and other fields.
The origins of the parade date back to General John “Black Jack” Pershing following World War One. The same parade route followed after WWI lead by Black Jack Pershing was also followed on this year’s parade route.
The meaning of the parade has changed very little from those beginning days of the first Fort Oglethorpe Veterans Parade.
Coincidentally, the end of the parade route was the entrance to the Chickamauga Battlefield which was a famous civil war battle in the surrounding area.
For more information on the parade, which will be repeated during ROA’s Centennial in 2022, visit: fortogov.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Parade-and-Vendor-Info-2021.pdf. For more information on the Chickamauga Battlefield visit: nps.gov/chch/index.htm, and for more information on the Reserve Organization of America (in its 99th year “Serving Those Who Serve”) visit roa.org/page/AboutROA.