Sterling Lions March in Memorial Day Parade

They shared the float with a number of military veterans who are Lions Clubs members, including Fred Joppich from the Sterling Lions Club.

The Sterling Lions Club joined over 150 military veterans and volunteers marching don Constitution Avenue in the National Memorial Day Parade. Their float trailed a “Sea of Purple” of individual club banners from across the local area. Chrissy Horting proudly carried the banner of the Sterling Lions Club. President Yasmeen Lasheen and Secretary Barbie Myers marched with the Farmwell Station Middle School Leo Club banner.

Navy Lieutenant Dr. Andy Baldwin and Olympic Gold Medalist gymnast Dominique Dawes highlighted the Lions Clubs Float Dr. Baldwin is a recipient of DAR’s 2009 Medal of Honor, and is currently stationed in Washington, D.C. at the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Dawes is a three-time U.S. Olympian and Gold Medalist in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and an honorary member of the Washington, D.C. Special Olympics Lions Club.

 

 

“It was a heartfelt experience to be able to commemorate the brave who have served our wonderful country,” said Sterling Lions Club President Todd Horting. “Lions Clubs honor our military ‘Everyday Heroes’ who have given the ultimate sacrifice.”

 

This was the first time the Lions Clubs have appeared in the National Memorial Day Parade. Lions Clubs of Washington D.C., Maryland, Delaware and Virginia include over 500 clubs and almost 17,000 men and women.