Beautiful weather for Saturday’s Veterans Day Parade at 2pm

TOP PHOTO: The Campbell High JROTC Color Guard in the 2025 Veterans Day Parade.
Photos by WLAF’s Charlie Hutson, Micaela Combs and Lindsey Suttles.

LAFOLLETTE, TN (WLAF)- The 2026 La Follette Veterans Day Parade is this weekend, Saturday, November 7, at 2 pm, and it will run from the Methodist Church to E.E. Hill & Son Insurance-West End Amoco.

Ed Housley, President of Vietnam Veterans Chapter 1148 and Chairman of the Veterans Day Parade, welcomes you to Saturday’s parade.

At the beginning of the parade, there will be a special ceremony at 2 pm in the heart of town where 1st Street meets East Central Avenue. It will honor all deceased veterans with a 21-gun salute representing those who served in World War I, World War III, Korea, Vietnam, and all the conflicts of the Middle East.

Grand Marshals for the 2026 Veterans Day Parade are Sgt. H.R. Douglas- U-S Army, MSG. Roy Hogan- U-S Marines and Sgt. Ed Hogan- U-S Marines. Special Guest Marshals are SFC. James Faulkner, Sp4 Mack Orick and Gail Herrin Brown.

This year’s parade promises to be one of the best, according to Housley.

You are encouraged to gather in the heart of town at stop light 9 so you can hear the patriotic music, announcements, and the special ceremony. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-11/07/2026-6AM-PHOTOS COURTESY OF WLAF’S CHARLIE HUTSON)





