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A patriotic display of vintage military vehicles will march through Maricopa while honoring veterans on Nov. 12.

The route for the third annual Veterans Day Military Motor March begins 9:30 a.m. at the Millar Airport in Thunderbird Farms, continues east on Farrell Road, turns north on State Route 347, and finishes for a meet-and-greet with veterans and their vehicles at the Bashas’ parking lot.

Families are encouraged to attend.

“It teaches kids some of the history, and that’s what we’re trying to do,” said Mike Kerr, motor march organizer and curator of Col. Charles Millar’s Vietnam Aviation Veterans of Arizona Museum.

Last year, Kerr said the march included 10 military vehicles, motorcyclists and “people who follow along with American flags on their cars.”

Military vehicles featured in this year’s event include a half-track, military helicopter, 1942 American staff car, military jeeps, a 1940s-era military fire truck, and other military vehicles of various kinds, Kerr said.

After the meet-and-greet concludes, usually 45 minutes after arrival, the convoy returns to Millar Airport along the same route.

“We go back to the airport and Millar fixes everybody lunch,” Kerr said of the motor march crew. “It’s a fun time for everybody.”

This story appears in the November issue of InMaricopa.

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