2009-11-09 / Front Page
YOUNG PARADE WATCHER
Parker Blanton, who is 11 months old, watched his first Veterans Day parade Saturday in Gaffney alongside his mother, Mary, and father, U.S. Marine Col. Kenneth Blanton Jr. Parker's father has completed two tours in Iraq and was on leave this weekend from Camp Lejeune Military Base in North Carolina. (Ledger photo / SCOTT POWELL) 
