This free veterans event is sponsored by the Santa Barbara Veterans Foundation and the Santa Ynez Valley Elks Lodge. It will start with a parade at 11 a.m., going up Sagunto Street from the Maverick Saloon to the Red Barn and then loop around Santa Ynez and return to the Maverick on Meadowvale.  

The parade entrants so far will be the American Legion and Chumash color guards, Flat Fender Club military vehicles, Jim Kunkle’s Jeep, Daughters of the American Revolution, Boy Scouts, Patriot Riders motorcycles, and other patriotic entrants.  

Once the parade returns to the Maverick, there will be a display of military vehicles and a program in front of the Maverick with the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, the national anthem and Pledge of Allegiance, as well as military speakers, a live band, and a Pinup Girl contest. John Palminteri from KEYT will be emcee for part of the program.  

“There will be a military aircraft flyover by Ken Karis in his WWII trainer and a potential skydiver,” Salge added.

All donations collected will benefit tri-county veterans and their families through the Santa Barbara Veterans Foundation. 

For more information call 805-350-2006 or visit www.salutetothevets.org