JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Thousands of people marched in Jacksonville\u2019s annual Veterans Day parade on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Action News Jax spotted Lily Evans wearing her grandfather\u2019s military dog tag. She said today and every day she honors his legacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe actually died a few years ago, so it\u2019s just very special to me,\u201d said Evans. \u201cIt just makes me feel connected to him.\u201d<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n Francina Muller said she has been coming to the parade for seven years. Although not a veteran herself, she said showing up for people who sacrificed everything for our country is the least she can do.<\/p>\n \u201cThese guys done a lot for us. They fought for us. They protected us and we love them,\u201d said Muller. \u201cGod bless you, keep up the good work!\u201d<\/p>\n Dedrick Thomas is not a veteran, but his wife served 20 years in the U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s so important that we honor the veterans because they are the ones who keep us safe and secure in this ever-changing world that we live in,\u201d said Thomas.<\/p>\n Thomas brought his kids with him to the parade in hopes that they would walk away with this message. <\/p>\n \u201cService is paramount,\u201d said Thomas. \u201cThat the greatest among us are the ones who serve, and those who are in the military are the greatest servants, so they must be honored.\u201d<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Thousands of people marched in Jacksonville\u2019s annual Veterans Day parade on Tuesday. Action News Jax…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[344,347,9024,28,348,116,351,118,117,349,350,14607,25494,346,345],"class_list":["post-42790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news-jax","tag-cbs47","tag-city-of-jacksonville","tag-florida","tag-fox30","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-northeast-florida","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-veterans-day","tag-veterans-day-parade","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}