Tuesday marked Veterans Day across the nation, and thousands across Brewer and Bangor turned out to celebrate Maine’s service members.
The 2025 Bangor-Brewer Veterans Day Parade makes its way down Wilson Street in Brewer to Bangor.
Paul Carter (left) of Etna shakes hands with veterans as they pass by on Wilson Street in Brewer during the 2025 Bangor-Brewer Veterans Day Parade on Tuesday.
Surrounded by family and friends, Isabelle Henry, 8, (center) waves as the Veterans Day parade passes by on Wilson Street in Brewer Tuesday.
Marine veteran Ervin Dumond of Holden drove his custom 1966 Ford F-100 in the 2025 Bangor-Brewer Veterans Day parade on Tuesday.
Retired Navy veteran Norman Blomquist, 96, waves to parade goers in the 2025 Bangor-Brewer Veterans Day Parade on Tuesday.
The annual parade traveled from Brewer over the Joshua Chamberlain Bridge into downtown Bangor. This year’s parade included 101-year-old Don Gallupe, who is the last surviving World War II veteran living in the area.
Parade goers wave as the 2025 Bangor-Brewer Veterans Day Parade makes its way along State Street in Bangor on Tuesday.
Mike Chambers of Bangor gives a thumbs up to veterans in the Bangor-Brewer Veterans Day Parade on Main Street in Bangor on Tuesday.
Parade goers wave as the Bangor-Brewer Veterans Day Parade passes by on State Street in Bangor on Tuesday.
WWII veteran Don Gallupe, 101, waves at parade goers along Wilson Street in Brewer during the Bangor-Brewer Veterans Day Parade on Tuesday. Gallupe is the last surviving World War II veteran in the area to be in the parade.
U.S. Navy veteran Gerald Bartlette, 90, participated in his first Veterans Day parade this year. Bartlette, who lives in Newburgh, spent 20 years on aircraft carriers and battleships before retiring in 1972.
All branches of the military were represented in the parade. U.S. Marine Corps veterans walked alongside a cherry red 1966 Ford F-100 renovated to honor the corps. Community organizations included the Cole Land Transportation Museum, which rang the Freedom Bell, which has led veterans in the Veterans, Memorial Day and Independence Day parades in Bangor for the past 27 years.
BDN reporter Marie Weidmayer contributed to this report.
