Veterans Day 2020

Sarah Yenesel

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Veterans Day began and ended in Cape Girardeau county with outdoor community celebrations of veterans and their service. In the morning, the loved ones of 11 different veterans gathered at the Veterans Memorial Plaza in Cape County Park North and each had the opportunity to speak about their veteran. Later in the day, Jackson held their annual Veteran’s Day parade with people lined along the sides of S. High St. and W. Main St.

A man in the crowd salutes during the national anthem at Cape County Park North in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Retired Master Chief of the Navy Seabees, Michael Morgan, speaks about his grandfather and father, WWI veteran Thomas O. Morgan and Korea veteran Richard A. Morgan, during the Veteran's Day flag presentation ceremony at Cape County Park North in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Mary Jean Giles speaks about her father, WWII veteran Jean A. Rudert, during the Veteran's Day flag presentation ceremony at Cape County Park North in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Robert Turner speaks about his father, WWII veteran Paul D. Turner, while holding a picture of him during the Veteran's Day flag presentation ceremony at Cape County Park North in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)

Marine Corps League Detachment 1081 David Lloyd plays "Taps" during the Veteran's Day flag presentation ceremony at Cape County Park North in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
The Avenue of Flags displays over 700 flags to honor the memory of every deceased veteran from Cape Girardeau county at Cape County Park North in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Cars drive down the Avenue of Flags at Cape County Park North in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Cars in the Veteran's Day Parade make their way down S High St. in Jackson on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
A veteran waves to the people on the side of the street during the Veteran's Day Parade in Jackson on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)

From left, Ezekiel, 6, and Gabriel Flaim, 5, wave to the Cape Girardeau fire department during the Veteran's Day Parade in Jackson on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Parade goers wave to the veterans in a bus from the Missouri Veterans Home during the Veteran's Day Parade in Jackson on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Parade goers react to the cars in the Veteran's Day Parade in Jackson on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
The color guard of the Jackson High School marching chiefs perform "God Bless America" on W Main St. during the Veteran's Day Parade in Jackson on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)