Military vehicles and marching soldiers took over downtown Kelowna on Saturday as the B.C. Dragoons held a special parade to mark 100 years of service.
The only working Sherman tank in Western Canada lead a parade of historic military vehicles past Kelowna City Hall.
Members of the B.C. Dragoons regiment gathered for a re-proclamation of the regiment’s freedom, which was originally granted in 1963.
Nigel Whittaker, commanding officer of the Dragoons, said the re-proclamation is the highest honour a city can bestow on any organization.
The Dragoons also presented the city with a one ton marble statue called Coming Home.
The statue will be placed at the Kelowna International Airport arrivals terminal.
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