A contingent of 49 cadets from Virginia Military Institute marched in the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday parade in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. The parade commemorated the founding of the U.S. Army in 1775. Among the VMI cadets seen here are two from the Rockbridge area (front row, third and fourth from left), Blake Damonte and Connor Wolfe. “It was a unique opportunity offered to us to represent VMI in our nation’s capital,” said Damonte. (photo by Sgt. Oscar Toscano of DVIDS)
