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City of Fairfield and the National Association of Uniformed Services presents:
Veteran's Day Parade and Ceremony

Sunday
November 11th, 2007
Federal Holiday
This is a Rain or Shine event!
Downtown Fairfield, Texas Street Map - Dining

Schedule of Events:

10am
Alive Music Orchestra (Music and Choir) at the Creative Arts Center at 1035 Texas St. with the theme of 'The Price of Freedom.'

11am
Remembrance Ceremony at the Creative Arts Center

12:30
Parade Starts Downtown Fairfield and follow Kentucky, Taylor and Texas streets.

The celebration will also include a C-17 flyover from Travis Air Force Base, the honoring of various veterans organizations and appearances from the Solano Shrine Clown Club, the Bushmills Irish Pipers Band of San Francisco, Pirates of Harbor Bay and the UC Davis Aggie Marching Band.

The event is free to the public, and anyone seeking more information can call 428-7662.

Join the City of Fairfield and the American Legion - Reams Post 182 in honoring all veterans from Solano County and surrounding areas by participating in the annual Veterans Day Parade. All events take place in downtown Fairfield and feature local awarded winning marching bands, units of the armed forces, floats, car clubs and many other dazzling and delightful entries

Come pay tribute at Solano County's only Veteran's Day Parade.

City of Fairfield website 2007 info:
http://www.ci.fairfield.ca.us/
4293_9430.htm

Four grand marshals to lead Veteran Days parade

By Ian Thompson
DAILY REPUBLIC FAIRFIELD

Two World War II veterans, an Iraq War veteran and the commander of David Grant Medical Center will lead the Veterans Day parade in downtown Fairfield Nov. 11.

Retired Navy WAVE Phyllis Miller, retired Navy Lt. Commander Bill Nesbitt, Army Command Sgt. Major Andres Roman of the 49th Military Police Brigade and David Grant commander Col. Lee Payne were named as grand marshals, parade organizer Todd Grames said Monday.

The parade starts at 12:30 p.m., following an 11 a.m. remembrance ceremony at the Fairfield Center for the Creative Arts.

More than 90 floats, marching bands, horse units, car clubs, military marching units, fire trucks and honor guards will participate in the parade.

Veterans Day originated as Armistice Day, which marked the day World War I ended and honored those who served in that war.

Miller was born in Iowa and moved to Los Angeles with her family when she was 3. During World War II, she served as a communications officer in San Diego and San Pedro, where she met her future husband, Charles Miller, who was serving as a Naval officer.

Nesbitt, 93, served in the Navy during both World War II and the Korean War. He left the service and moved to Fairfield in 1953 to establish a successful medical practice.

On June 6, 1944, Nesbitt waded ashore at Omaha Beach as part of the Navy's 7th Beach Battalion to provide emergency medical treatment for the seemingly endless numbers of severely wounded GIs.

Payne, who commands the 60th Medical Group that runs David Grant Medical Center on Travis Air Force Base, joined the Air Force in 1979 after graduating from the University of Kentucky. He has served at several military medical centers in the United States, Italy and Turkey.

Roman joined the Army in 1978. Twenty-six years later, he joined the 49th Military Police Brigade, which is stationed at the Parker Road National Guard Armory. Roman was deployed to Iraq with a large contingent of the 49th MP Brigade to train Iraqi police forces and support coalition operations.

Reach Ian Thompson at 427-6976 or at ithompson@dailyrepublic.net.