特拉华市举行全州最大退伍军人游行：逾1600人近200支队伍参加
俄亥俄州特拉华县特拉华市11月1日下午3时举行一年一度的特拉华退伍军人游行，逾1600人、近200支队伍参加，被认为是俄亥俄州规模最大的退伍军人游行。游行队伍从特拉华县集市主门出发，沿宾夕法尼亚大道向东，转入桑达斯基街穿过市中心，最后在俄亥俄卫斯理大学以南的威尔默街结束。游行队伍包括退伍军人、军方仪仗队、行进乐队、花车、老爷车和摩托车等。
当天的退伍军人社交与博览会在集市于中午前后举行，时间为上午11时30分至下午2时30分。今年的游行纪念美国陆军预备役第454重建运输连、即「特拉华自己的连队」从伊拉克自由行动安全归国20周年，该连2005年从特拉华出发，2006年11月返回。
组织者表示，游行旨在向退伍军人、现役军人和军属致敬，特拉华市在内战时期曾是黑人志愿兵集结训练、加入美国有色人种部队的重要营地，城市与军人的渊源深厚。游行吸引了大批市民沿街观看，市中心一片红白蓝三色旗海。
（来源：《哥伦布快报》）
Delaware, Ohio Holds the State's Largest Veterans Parade: More Than 1,600 People and Nearly 200 Units March
The annual Delaware Veterans Parade stepped off at 3 p.m. on November 1 in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, with more than 1,600 participants in nearly 200 units, in what is considered Ohio's largest veterans parade. The parade started at the main gate of the Delaware County Fairgrounds, marched east on Pennsylvania Avenue, turned onto Sandusky Street through downtown, and ended on Wilmer Street south of Ohio Wesleyan University. Units included veterans, military color guards, marching bands, floats, classic cars and motorcycles.
A veterans social and expo was held at the fairgrounds around midday that day, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This year's parade marked the 20th anniversary of the safe return from Operation Iraqi Freedom of the U.S. Army Reserve's 454th Transportation Company — "Delaware's own company" — which deployed from Delaware in 2005 and came home in November 2006.
Organizers said the parade honors veterans, active-duty service members and military families, and that Delaware has deep military ties: during the Civil War it was an important camp where Black volunteers mustered and trained to join the United States Colored Troops. Large crowds lined the route as downtown filled with red, white and blue.
(Source: The Columbus Dispatch)
来源：《哥伦布快报》
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图片来源：图：特拉华市桑达斯基街（游行路线）。Nyttend 摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Sandusky Street in Delaware, on the parade route. By Nyttend, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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