德克萨斯州米德兰市办第二届退伍军人社区庆典：游行前三名获2027年球票礼包
美国德克萨斯州米德兰县米德兰市，米德兰退伍军人伙伴关系11月7日（周六）举行第二届年度退伍军人社区庆典：游行下午1时至3时沿 A 街举行，庆典下午4时至7时在百年纪念公园（Centennial Park）举行，晚间还有免费音乐会。游行花车奖项由当地小联盟棒球队米德兰摇滚猎犬队（Midland RockHounds）赞助。
游行名次为：博纳姆运动员队（Bonham Athletes）获第一名，米德兰—敖德萨海军招募队第二名，东北志愿消防队第三名。赞助方为前三名提供了2027年比赛门票礼包。
庆典现场还设有儿童区、餐车、退伍军人资源村、退伍军人经营的商家摊位、嘉宾演讲与一份退伍军人公告。「美国花环」（Wreaths Across America）组织也在现场设点，该非营利组织成立于1992年，在退伍军人墓前放置花环，自成立以来已覆盖约5,000座墓园；该组织将于12月19日招募志愿者为退伍军人墓地献放花环。
据报道，这场庆典源于当地一家电台曾提问米德兰市为何不举办退伍军人节游行；去年首届举办后，今年为第二届。退伍军人节为11月11日。
（来源：米德兰市政府）
Midland, Texas, Holds Its Second Annual Veterans Community Celebration: 2027 Ticket Packages for the Top Three Parade Finishers
In Midland, Midland County, Texas, the Midland Veterans Partnership held its second annual Veterans Community Celebration on Saturday, November 7: a parade ran from 1 to 3 p.m. along A Street, followed by a celebration from 4 to 7 p.m. at Centennial Park and a free evening concert. Parade float prizes were sponsored by the Midland RockHounds, the local minor-league baseball team.
Bonham Athletes won first place in the parade, followed by the Midland-Odessa Navy Recruitment team and the N.E. Volunteer Fire Department. The RockHounds offered 2027 game-ticket packages to the top three finalists.
The celebration at Centennial Park included a Kids Zone, food trucks, a Veteran Resource Village, veteran-owned business vendors, guest speakers, and a veteran proclamation. Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit organization founded in 1992 that places wreaths on veterans' graves at approximately 5,000 cemeteries since its founding, was represented at the event; it will seek volunteers to lay wreaths on veterans' graves on December 19, 2026.
According to the report, the celebration follows a question raised by a local radio station about why the city did not hold a Veterans Day parade; after a first edition last year, this year's event is the second annual celebration. Veterans Day falls on November 11.
(Source: City of Midland, Texas)
来源：米德兰市政府
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图片来源：图：德克萨斯州米德兰市市中心航拍（资料图）。Dclemens1971 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Aerial view of downtown Midland, Texas (file photo). Photo by Dclemens1971, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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