The same folks in St. Louis who organized and raised money for last Saturday's first-ever parade to welcome home Iraq War veterans are now throwing out a challenge to other cities to do the same.
As Home Post reported earlier this week, the parade was a grassroots effort started by Craig Schneider, who helped organize and raise money for the parade through Facebook.
St. Louis television station KSDK-TV estimates more than 100,000 people watched the parade, with roughly 20,000 participating.
What's cool is that one of the big supporters of this new "City-to-City Challenge" is Staff Sgt. Brian Owens. Owens and Staff Sgt. Angie Johnson (mentioned in an earlier post on Home Post today) were the lead singers of the military band Sidewinder.
The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America have also joined the movement for more parades, creating an online petition.
Here's more on the story from KSDK-TV:
