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Chuck Spelina, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, stands with the flag after carrying it as a member of the color guard at the front of Sunday's Veterans Day parade in downtown Anderson.

Photo by Sefton Ipock

Chuck Spelina, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, stands with the flag after carrying it as a member of the color guard at the front of Sunday's Veterans Day parade in downtown Anderson.

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  • Chuck Spelina, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, stands with the flag after carrying it as a member of the color guard at the front of Sunday's Veterans Day parade in downtown Anderson.
  • Motorcycle riders show their colors on South Main street in downtown Anderson during the Veterans Day Parade.
  • A parade float of veterans makes its way along Main Street in Anderson during the Anderson County Veterans Day parade Sunday.
  • Westside High School marching band member Laura Wewers marches with bandmates on South Main street in downtown Anderson during the Anderson County Veterans Day Parade Sunday.
  • Westside High School Junior ROTC color guard and members march together near the Anderson County Courthouse on South Main street in downtown Anderson during the Veterans Day Parade Sunday.
  • Upstate Marine Corps League Detachment 1106 members wave to crowds of people on South Main street in downtown Anderson during the Veterans Day Parade Sunday.
  • Anderson County Library workers push library book carts covered with red, white, and blue ribbon on South Main street in downtown Anderson during the Veterans Day Parade Sunday.
  • Westside High School Junior ROTC color guard and members march together near the Historic Anderson County Courthouse on South Main street in downtown Anderson during the Veterans Day Parade Sunday.
  • T.L. Hanna High School Navy Junior ROTC member Nick Buckner carries a rifle with fellow members down South Main street in downtown Anderson during the Veterans Day Parade Sunday.
  • Former World War II U.S. Navy nurse Ruth McClain, American Legion Post 14 member in Anderson salutes to bystanders on the sidewalk of South Main street in downtown Anderson during the Anderson County Veterans Day Parade Sunday.
  • VFW 5996 Riders wave to crowds of bystanders sitting along both sides of South Main street in downtown Anderson during the Veterans Day Parade.
  • American Legion Post 14 members wave to bystanders on the sidewalk of South Main street in downtown Anderson during the Veterans Day Parade.
  • Anderson city fire department's ladder truck drives by the courthouses during the Veterans Day Parade.
  • Westside High School Junior ROTC march together near city hall on South Main street during the Veterans Day Parade.
  • Westside High School Junior ROTC Maj. Daniel Rancourt during the Veterans Day Parade.
  • A man and his dog cross South Main street before the Veterans Day Parade.
  • Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper waves to a crowd of people on the West side of South Main street during the Veterans Day Parade.
  • Westside High School Junior ROTC SSgt. Calvin Ruinard marches by the Historic Anderson County Courthouse on South Main street during the Veterans Day Parade.
  • Motorcycle riders show their colors on South Main street in downtown Anderson during the Veterans Day Parade.

Veterans from around Anderson County joined in a parade with T.L. Hanna Navy Jr. ROTC and Westside Army Jr. ROTC, the Westside Marching Band, VFW, American Legion, Anderson police and fire, Anderson County Sheriff Office, and workers from the Anderson County Library dressed in red, white, and blue. Hundreds of visitors lined the streets in mild temperatures to wave to veterans, many who saluted back.

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