Kerry to attend Memorial Day parade in Portsmouth (Virginia)

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Kerry to attend Memorial Day parade in Portsmouth

Associated Press May 30, 2004


PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry will come to Virginia for a Memorial Day celebration, his campaign announced Sunday.

Kerry will fly to Norfolk on Monday morning, then join Gov. Mark R. Warner and Rep. Bobby Scott in the reviewing stand at Portsmouth's 120th annual Memorial Day Remembrance Parade.

The visit to Virginia would be Kerry's first since his campaign announced last week that he would begin advertising in the state, despite its solid record of voting for Republican presidential candidates.

Campaign aides say population shifts over the past few years have made Virginia more attractive to Democrats. They also say Kerry _ a decorated Vietnam veteran _ can appeal to voters in Hampton Roads, where there is a heavy military presence.

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1. I'm on the phone with my Mom now.

The parade goes right by her house. My sister is a photojournalist/law student so hopefully she'll get some good pictures.

Edited to say: THANKS for the post--she hadn't seen any news about it and didn't know until I called her.