Children reach out to touch the hand of Shriner Dale Schmidt, who drove a small racer in Saturday's Old Shawnee Days Parade.

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Do you think Veterans Day should be a prominent holiday?

Absolutely. We wouldn’t be able to sit here and eat lunch like this if it weren’t for the veterans. We’ve got millions of people that fought and died to save this country; it should be more than a bank holiday.

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