West Richland holds their Veterans Day Parade Saturday morning

West Richland Wash. — Today, folks celebrated local veterans in a parade in West Richland.

People from all over gathered to show their support for our local veterans and to celebrate them this morning.

Since 1999, event leaders tell us they receive more entries every year. Today they say more than 1,200 people participated in the parade and more than 3,000 people showed up to cheer them on.

Holden Herigstad, a Troop Member of the Boy Scouts of America says. " the ability to live in the conditions that I do is a blessing, and it's not a blessing that everyone in the world has. I am very privilaged and that is because of everything that this country has done for me. I think that is something that deserves to be celebrated. "

The West Richland Chamber of Commerce spearheads the parade, and for the last eighteen years, leaders tell us they've worked with the 'Department of Veterans Affairs' to designate the event as one of only three regional sites in the whole state of Washington.

Profits from today's parade & chili feed will help fund new flags and veterans monuments in our area.