The 2016 Eagle Media Patriot’s Parade will be held on July 4th at 10:00 a.m. The parade will begin at the corner of Avenue B and Main and proceed North past the Eagle Media Center at 825 N. Main St.

Charles M. Good Jr. is this year’s Parade Grand Marshal. Retired Capt. Good has been a resident of Hutchinson for many years. He recently turned 99 years of age and served in World War II as a Twin Engine Pilot of B-25 aircraft while serving first in the Navy and then as a Marine in the Philipine Islands. Good was shot down in April of 1945, but went on to fly over 20 missions in the South Pacific. For Captain Good’s full bio, click here…Captain Charles M Good History

News story courtesy of KWCH-Wichita Kansas Proud.