Pensacola Beach Elks Lodge #497 held its 36th annual Veterans Day parade Nov. 11. The honorary parade grand marshal was the first Hispanic Blue Angel pilot, LCDR (retired) Al Cisneros. The lodge director of the parade, Col. (retired) Patricia Welch, again brought the community together, with the involvement of the American Legion and all the volunteers who worked tirelessly to make this event another success. The parade’s creator and founder was Elk Morris ‘Morrie’ Calvin Drees, who passed away Nov. 4.

Pictured are Greg Eddins, Exalted Ruler; LCDR (retired) Al Cisneros; and Gary Booker, trustee. Also pictured are a young Cisneros and Morris Calvin Drees, parade founder.