November 9, 2019 City of Chesnee Veterans Day Parade

American Legion Post 48
Chesnee, SC 29323

November 9, 2019 City of Chesnee Veterans Day Parade

Post 48 Commander Jack Smith, Lt Col. Richard Patton, & Post Member Anthony Cassanova

CHS Army JROTC

CHS Marching Band flag squad

ALA Unit 48 members

Post 48 members

Post 48 sponsored Cub Scouts Pack 186 (new this year)

CHS Army JROTC with the Color Guard

Post 48 member & Chesee City Councilman Bruce Mahaffey

Decoration provided by the City of Chesnee

The parade on Highway 11

Cub Scout Pack 186 leading the parade

Grand Marshall Lt. Col. Richard Patton

Chesnee Mayor Max Cash

Chesnee City Councilman Bruce Mahaffey

Chesnee City Councilman Robert Johnson

A. L. Auxiliary Unit 48 members

Post 48 members

Cub Scout Pack 186, Unit 48, & Post 48 members

Cub Scout Pack 186

The Veterans Day Ceremony is beginning

Master of Ceremonies Bruce Mahaffey welcomes attendees

Post 48 Chaplain Reverend Doctor Curtis Daniel offers the opening prayer

Chesnee Mayor Max Cash welcomes attendees

Guest Speaker Lt Col Richard Patton

The song "Some Gave All" sung by Thomas C Mossburg

United States Navy USS George Washington SSBN-598
The United States' first operational ballistic missile submarine.
She docked at Cape Canaveral, Florida, where she loaded two Polaris missiles
Standing out into the Atlantic Missile Test Range, she successfully conducted
the first Polaris missile launch from a submerged submarine on 20 July 1960
Leaving the Atlantic Missle Range, she sailed to the Charleston Naval Shipyard and was
inserted into the yard's large dry-dock where a complete exterior hull check was completed.
She left there and sailed back to Groton, CN. She got underway from that port on 28 October
for Naval Weapons Station Charleston, to load her full complement of 16 Polaris missiles.
She then embarked on her first deterrent patrol.
USS George Washington was decommissioned on 24 January 1985,

George Washington's sail was removed prior to disposal and now rests at the
Submarine Force Library and Museum at Groton, Connecticut.

For a slide show of the complete parade, click HERE