The City of Milford will be hosting its 2018 Veterans Day parade on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 2 p.m. All units and marchers are asked to assemble at the Daniel Wasson Field parking lot at 1 p.m.
The parade grand marshal and keynote speaker will be Phil Vetro. Vetro joined the Marine Corps in January 1968. He was stationed at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, South Carolina, and went to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for advance infantry training. He was then sent overseas, serving in Okinawa, Japan in major support of the Vietnam War.
Vetro came home and was subsequently elected to the Planning & Zoning Board for two four-year terms, serving as chairman of that board. He was then elected to the Board of Aldermen, where he served for five terms in various capacities such as minority leader, majority leader and chairman for six years.
Vetro is currently on the Board of Directors for the United Way of Milford and was chosen to be the “Italian American of the Year” in 2014. He has been married for 49 years to his wife Peggi, and they have two sons and four grandchildren. Vetro has owned and operated his own construction company, Vetro Construction, LLC, for 45 years.
The City of Milford’s Veterans Day Wreath Laying Ceremony will be held in front of City Hall at 10:45 a.m. All are invited to attend this short and uplifting ceremony.
If your organization would like to participate, contact Tom Flowers at 203-444-5351 for more information.