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Continued from page 3 come out to support our troops,” she said. That will certainly be the case again this year. And it’s not just the spectators that will be traveling from afar. Wales said she expects 19 bands to participate in the event — three of which will be journeying from eastern Washington. The total number of bands is an increase from last year’s 15 and the total number of entries will also go up from 145 last year to 150 this May. One of the many entries spectators will likely see in the parade is for commemoration of the USS Bremerton, a ship named after the city of Bremerton. In fact, the USS Bremerton became the oldest commissioned submarine in the entire US fleet in early 2010 and officially began the decommissioning process when it arrived in Bremerton on April 27. Another entry that Wales mentioned is for
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Burke Waldron, a W WII veteran. Waldron has attended the parade multiple times in the past — 14 consecutive years, to be exact. The 2nd Class Petty Officer began his military career at Pearl Harbor and was involved in the Saipan and Makin Island invasions. Before the entries and the Grand Marshal come marching down the streets at 10 a.m., though, there will be an annual pancake breakfast put on by the Bremerton Central Lions Club. That is scheduled to take place, beginning at 7 a.m. The cost for that is just $5. The parade route has changed slightly from last year. Instead of beginning on 6th street and Chester, it will begin on Warren Avenue and run through 6th St. Then, like last year, it will go through Park Avenue, 4th St. and Pacific Avenue. The parade will conclude at Pacific Avenue and 8th St. — Jacob Moore is a reporter for Kitsap Daily News. Contact him at Jmoore@Soundpublishing. com or follow him on Twitter @JMooreKDN.
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