2025 Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade

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2025 Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade

2025 Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade2025 Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade2025 Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade
  • Home
  • Donate
  • Gallery Photos 2023
  • Board Members
  • Sponsorship Levels
  • Parade History
  • Previous Grand Marshals
  • Tributes
  • Youth

Previous Parade Grand Marshals

2000 - Korea

Co-Grand Marshal: Dutch Nelson (now deceased)

Co-Grand Marshal: Sid Nason 

2001 - Purple Heart

Co-Grand Marshal: Lt Col Wilson V. Edwards

Co-Grand Marshal: Mr. Jim Howard

Co-Grand Marshal: Mr. Ted McClain

2002 - POW/MIA

Co-Grand Marshal: Mr. Mike McGrath

Co-Grand Marshal: Mr. Lester Stroup

Co-Grand Marshal: Mr. Ed Beck 

2003 - Vietnam Veterans: Welcome Home

Co-Grand Marshal: Mr. William Baugh

Co-Grand Marshal: Mr. Louis Schindler

2004 - Total Force: Active, Guard, and Reserve

Co-Grand Marshal: Major General Mason Whitney

Co-Grand Marshal: Command Sergeant Major(Retired) Terrance McWilliams

2005 - World War II: Tribute to a Generation

Co-Grand Marshal: Mr. Victor H. Fast

Co-Grand Marshal: Mr. Elmo Clark

2006 - A Nation at war… A community of support

Co-Grand Marshal: Mr. Joe Henjum

Co-Grand Marshal: Major General Robert Mixon (Then, Command General at Fort Carson; No longer lives in community)

2007 – American Heroes – Past, Present, and Future.

Co-Grand Marshal: John Lamerson

Co-Grand Marshal: First Sergeant Timothy A. Bolyard

Co-Grand Marshal: Cadet First Class Ian Helms 

2008 – American’s Veterans, We Salute You!

Co-Grand Marshal: Major (retired) John H. Oliphint

Co-Grand Marshal: Lt Col (retired) William B. Sheaves

2009 – Veterans – The Unwavering Force

Grand Marshal: Major (retired) Henry “Duke” Boswell

2010 – Veterans: Diverse and Determined

Grand Marshal: Ms. Millicent Young

2011 – Pearl Harbor – 70 Years in Remembrance

Co-Grand Marshal: Private First Class George Blake

Co-Grand Marshal: Seaman First Call Bill Browning (deceased)

Co-Grand Marshal: Jim Downing (deceased)

Co-Grand Marshal: Private First Class

Co-Grand Marshal: Corporal Walter F. Himmelberg (deceased)

Co-Grand Marshal: Buck Sergeant Frank Mack (deceased)

Co-Grand Marshal: Seaman First Class Donald G. Stratton

Lola Pfanenstiel is the Pearl Harbor Guardian 

2012 – Iraq Veterans: Courageous Defenders of Freedom

Co-Grand Marshal: Chief Petty Officer Derek Hartman – US Navy

Co-Grand Marshal: Sergeant Travis Hearn – US Marine

Co-Grand Marshal: Master Sergeant Benjamin Horton – US Airforce

Co-Grand Marshal: Staff Sergeant Casey McEuin – US Army

2013 – Spirit of the Warrior – Honoring our wounded Warriors

Grand Marshal: US Army Specialist (retired) Jacque L. Hobbs

2014 – 15 Years of Honoring Veterans 

2015 – Honoring the Military Family – It takes a team

Paul, Nick, and Josh Ceciliani

2016 – Women in the Military

Co-Grand Marshal: Vanessa Shawver, US Marine Corps

Co-Grand Marshal: Patricia Thompson

Co-Grand Marshal: Helen Rydell

Co-Grand Marshal: Dottie Holmes US Air Force

Co-Grand Marshal: Paula Dooley US Army

Co-Grand Marshal: Doris Purdy

Co-Grand Marshal: Iris Rudesill

2017 – Celebrating Military Milestones

Co-Grand Marshal: Major General Robert Skinner

Co-Grand Marshal: CSM David Burton

Co-Grand Marshal: Col Richard Fitch

2018 - Armistice/Veterans Day 100 Years

 Living History Colorado  Representing

2019- Honoring Veteran Service Organizations

No Grand Marshall

2020 – Cancelled Due to Pandemic

2021 –  Greatest Generation WWII

Co-Grand Marshal: Army Sergeant First Class (retired) Arnold Johnson

Co-Grand Marshal: Sergeant Major (Retired) Andrew Bell Jr. 

2022 - Serving the Forces for Mission Success

Co-Grand Marshal: Col. Lawrence Rusiewicz

Co-Grand Marshal:  Chief Master Sgt. Peter Van Tetley 

2023 - Patriotism

Grand Marshal:  Roger Ehrke

2024 - Cancelled



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