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At front, Roseburg resident Logan Wood with Cub Scout Pack 119 plays General George Washington in a float called ‘Washington Crosses the Delaware.’ Logan and fellow pack members Jordan Campbell, back left, and Justin Brand, both playing soldiers, participated in Monday’s Veterans Day Parade in downtown Roseburg.
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Madison Marlow, 2, and her mother, Maggie Marlow, both from Roseburg, participate in the Veterans Day Parade as part of Cub Scout Pack 229.
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At left, Navy veteran Athlyne Garland and Air Force veteran Pat Glass, ride down S.E. Jackson Street in a trolley as they participate as Grand Marshals along with other women veterans at the Veterans Day Parade in Downtown Roseburg, Monday.
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Parade participants head up Southeast Jackson Street in downtown Roseburg on Monday during the annual Veterans Day celebration.
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Devan Olinghouse, 6, expresses her patriotic feelings on her forehead as she watches the floats go by at the Veterans Day Parade held in downtown Roseburg Monday morning.
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Donice Smith served for 28 years in the U.S. Army, before retiring in 2002. A licensed practical nurse who is completing studies to become a registered nurse, Smith recently re-enlisted after deciding she had more to give for her country.
The Dixonville resident was one of dozens of women who served in the nation’s armed forces and who were honored as grand marshals in Monday’s Veterans Day Parade in downtown Roseburg.
“I think it’s really wonderful to be recognized for our service,” Smith said. “At times, women are kind of an afterthought, so it’s nice to be appreciated for our work.”
Despite morning rains that threatened to drench those who came to watch, the clouds closed up before the parade kicked off at 11 a.m., and conditions remained dry until after it ended 75 minutes later.
About two dozen women veterans boarded the Seven Feathers Trolley that drove them from the Douglas County Library down Southeast Jackson Street and back down Main Street to the county Courthouse.
Mary Louise Young took nurses training during World War II, but it wasn’t until the Korean conflict that she served during wartime. She served in the U.S. Navy in Jacksonville, Fla., and in San Diego.
“We were needed,” said Young, an Oakland resident. “We took over a lot of the jobs that the men had done, so they could go fight.”
The Dixonville resident was one of dozens of women who served in the nation’s armed forces and who were honored as grand marshals in Monday’s Veterans Day Parade in downtown Roseburg.
“I think it’s really wonderful to be recognized for our service,” Smith said. “At times, women are kind of an afterthought, so it’s nice to be appreciated for our work.”
Despite morning rains that threatened to drench those who came to watch, the clouds closed up before the parade kicked off at 11 a.m., and conditions remained dry until after it ended 75 minutes later.
About two dozen women veterans boarded the Seven Feathers Trolley that drove them from the Douglas County Library down Southeast Jackson Street and back down Main Street to the county Courthouse.
Mary Louise Young took nurses training during World War II, but it wasn’t until the Korean conflict that she served during wartime. She served in the U.S. Navy in Jacksonville, Fla., and in San Diego.
“We were needed,” said Young, an Oakland resident. “We took over a lot of the jobs that the men had done, so they could go fight.”
Like the others, Young said she appreciated the gesture of honoring the women veterans at the parade.
“I think it’s great,” she said.
Sutherlin resident Donna-Mae Smith summed up the feelings of many of the women veterans when she said “It’s about time.”
Smith served during World War II and was the U.S. Army’s first woman bugler. She continued to play taps at funerals and other military gatherings before retiring last year at age 86.
Other women who assisted in the war effort also joined in the parade. A van of women representing the Rosie the Riveter Association, whose members helped fill the void in stateside industrial jobs in World War II, rode in the parade.
“I think it’s great,” she said.
Sutherlin resident Donna-Mae Smith summed up the feelings of many of the women veterans when she said “It’s about time.”
Smith served during World War II and was the U.S. Army’s first woman bugler. She continued to play taps at funerals and other military gatherings before retiring last year at age 86.
Other women who assisted in the war effort also joined in the parade. A van of women representing the Rosie the Riveter Association, whose members helped fill the void in stateside industrial jobs in World War II, rode in the parade.
As the trolley car carrying the women veterans left the library parking lot to start the parade, Don Sonnenberg waved to his wife, Victoria. Last year, Sonnenberg rode with a group of Vietnam veterans who served as parade grand marshals. This year, it was his wife’s turn.
Victoria Sonnenberg served in a clerical position at Fort Bragg, N.C., and at Fort Hamilton, N.Y., between 1967 and 1969, during the Vietnam era.
“I had a good experience. I should have stayed in,” she said, smiling.
Don Sonnenberg, who served in the Army in Vietnam in 1965 and 1966, said he was proud of his wife’s service. The couple have been married almost 12 years.
Victoria Sonnenberg served in a clerical position at Fort Bragg, N.C., and at Fort Hamilton, N.Y., between 1967 and 1969, during the Vietnam era.
“I had a good experience. I should have stayed in,” she said, smiling.
Don Sonnenberg, who served in the Army in Vietnam in 1965 and 1966, said he was proud of his wife’s service. The couple have been married almost 12 years.
Several boys from Cub Scout Pack 119 in Winchester sat on the back of a trailer in a boat portraying George Washington and the trip across the Delaware River, a Revolutionary War scene made famous in a painting by Emanuel Leutze. Another trailer from the same pack had the founding fathers, in period costumes, re-enacting the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
The parade also included bands from Roseburg High School and Marshfield High School in Coos Bay. Members of Roseburg High’s Junior ROTC program also marched.
Scott Van Atta, an eighth-grader at Coffenberry Middle School in Myrtle Creek, carried a sousaphone as he walked with a group of Boy Scouts from Troop 127 in Myrtle Creek. Van Atta was the only member of the group with a musical instrument, however, and he used the tubalike instrument to play “The Marines Hymn” and other songs.
The parade also included bands from Roseburg High School and Marshfield High School in Coos Bay. Members of Roseburg High’s Junior ROTC program also marched.
Scott Van Atta, an eighth-grader at Coffenberry Middle School in Myrtle Creek, carried a sousaphone as he walked with a group of Boy Scouts from Troop 127 in Myrtle Creek. Van Atta was the only member of the group with a musical instrument, however, and he used the tubalike instrument to play “The Marines Hymn” and other songs.
Roseburg resident Tracy Dunn brought her son, Carson, 4, to watch the parade along Jackson Street. Carson waved a small flag given to him by a passer-by. The youngster stepped off the curb to grab candy tossed by parade participants to the crowd lining both sides of the street.
“There’s a tractor,” Carson said, as a green John Deere pulling a wagon carrying several members of the American Legion headed down the street toward him.
Tracy Dunn, who has relatives who have served in Iraq, said the parade was a good way for area residents to salute those who have sacrificed for the country. She said she planned to come, rain or shine.
“The soldiers don’t have any choice to be in the sun or the rain,” Dunn said. “And it doesn’t matter what the weather is, we’re just glad to be out here to show our support.”
• You can reach reporter John Sowell at 957-4209 or by e-mail at jsowell@newsreview.info.
“There’s a tractor,” Carson said, as a green John Deere pulling a wagon carrying several members of the American Legion headed down the street toward him.
Tracy Dunn, who has relatives who have served in Iraq, said the parade was a good way for area residents to salute those who have sacrificed for the country. She said she planned to come, rain or shine.
“The soldiers don’t have any choice to be in the sun or the rain,” Dunn said. “And it doesn’t matter what the weather is, we’re just glad to be out here to show our support.”
• You can reach reporter John Sowell at 957-4209 or by e-mail at jsowell@newsreview.info.
Veterans' Day parade results
The winning entries in the 2007 Veterans’ Day parade in downtown Roseburg on Monday are as follows:<b>Best in Parade</b> (highest votes) — Winchester Area Cub Scout Pack No. 119
<b>Judges’ Trophy</b> (judges’ favorite) — Boy Scouts Troop No. 119, Declaration of Independence
<b>VA Roseburg Healthcare System Director</b> — Roseburg High School, “Pride of the Umpqua Marching Band”
<b>Honor/Color Guard</b>
First Place — Marine Corps League
Second Place — Vietnam Vets of America/Oregon State Council
<b>Veterans Organization</b>
First Place — VFW Post No. 2468
Second Place — Women’s Veterans
<b>Youth: Under age 11</b>
First Place — Cub Scouts Pack No. 133
Second Place — Douglas County Awana Clubs
<b>Junior: Ages 11-18 </b>
First Place — Girl Scout Troop No. 607
Second Place — Girls Scouts of Western Rivers Council
<b>Adult: Over age 18</b>
First Place — Altrusa International Inc. of Roseburg
Second Place — Umpqua Valley Republican Women
<b>Senior High School Band</b>
First Place — Roseburg High School Marching Band
Second Place — Marshfield High School
<b>Commercial Float</b>
First Place — SOFCU Community Credit Union
Second Place — City of Sutherlin
<b>Noncommercial Float</b>
First Place — Winchester Area Cub Scouts Pack No. 119
Second Place — Cub Scouts Pack No. 229
<b>Veterans Group</b>
First Place — Central Coast Chapter Sons of the American Revolution
Second Place — Winston VFW Post No. 9745
<b>Horses</b>
First Place — Search and Rescue/Animal Horses
Second Place — Julie Quimby
<b>Other Animals</b>
First Place — Wildlife Safari
Second Place — Douglas County 4-H Dogs
<b>Military Vehicle</b>
First Place — Mark Pierce
Second Place — Merchant Marines Veterans
<b>Non-military Automobile/Truck</b>
First Place — Glide Cub Scouts Pack No. 112
Second Place — Douglas County Search and Rescue
<b>Motorcycle</b>
First Place — Oregon Veterans’ Motorcycle Association
Second Place — Coos Bay H.O.G. Chapter
