Lawrence’s Veterans Day Parade will return Saturday to honor those who have served, and more events and free meals are planned in the coming week.
The parade will start at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, heading north on Massachusetts Street from South Park to Seventh Street, and will feature “local veterans of all services, color guards and assorted military vehicles,” according to a news release from the parade association.
The grand marshal will be Lawton Nuss, former chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.
Nuss attended KU on a Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholarship and commissioned as a Marine Corps officer in 1975, according to the release. After serving as a combat engineering officer with the Fleet Marine Force Pacific, he returned to KU to attend law school in 1979.
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He practiced law in Salina for 20 years and was appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court in 2002, becoming chief justice in 2010, according to the release.
“He retired three years early from the Court so he could devote more time to help his fellow veterans,” according to the release. That has included helping to launch the Douglas County Veterans Treatment Court.
More events of note:
• The annual KU Vets Day 5K will honor the Semiquincentennial, or 250th birthday, of the Army, Navy and Marines.
“Runners, walkers, ruckers, strollers, wheelchair racers – both in person and virtual – all are welcome!” according to organizers. That’s set for 9 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 9 at the Jayhawk Welcome Center; find more information and sign up on this page.
• KU will host an Evening Colors Ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11 on the lawn in front of Strong Hall, 1450 Jayhawk Blvd.
“Hosted by KU ROTC battalions, the ceremony will include the posting of the colors, remarks from Chancellor Douglas A. Girod, the presentation of a ceremonial wreath and the traditional lowering of the U.S. flag at sunset,” according to a KU news release.
• The Lawrence Arby’s (4671 W. Sixth St.) will offer veterans and active duty military members a free classic roast beef sandwich, and both Lawrence Panera locations (520 W. 23rd St. and 4661 Bauer Farm Drive) will offer a free pastry or bakery item and a cup of coffee, for patrons who show proof of service on Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11.
• The Gary Sinise Foundation is providing free boxed lunches for the first 50 KU military-affiliated students who come to a veterans and military family appreciation lunch set for 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12 in the Military-Affiliated Student Center, 345 Summerfield Hall.
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