Our Mission: To Honor and Appreciate the Sacrifice of our Military and Military families — Past, Present and Future.
Connecting Veterans in the Charlottesville Community
ParadeRest has served the University of Virginia and Charlottesville area veteran community since 2009. Our primary effort is to engage military personnel and their families with the local community. We provide donated tickets for veterans to attend local events; we host races and fundraisers to bring the community together and fund veteran services; we run programs to identify the fallen and preserve veterans’ stories; and we salute those members of our community who serve.
Tickets for Veterans
ParadeRest celebrates veterans by providing free, donated tickets for local venues - sporting events and cultural events.
Finding the Fallen
Finding the Fallen, 1941-2016 is an online site and a photographic tribute to local and University of Virginia military personnel who died serving in times of war. ParadeRest memorializes these remarkable men and women with their photographs and biographical details, in order to pay them the tribute they deserve.
James “Monk” Bingler served in the 394th infantry regiment of 99th infantry division in World War II. Photo: Amy Jackson and Jackson Smith
A Nickel for Your Story
ParadeRest interviews United States military veterans to record their stories for future generations to access in the Library of Congress. The stories are recorded in exchange for a WWII era Jefferson nickel; the very coins carried in the pockets and purses of these men and women not so long ago.
4 Our Freedom 5K Race
ParadeRest’s annual 4OF5K Race brings together veterans, their families, and the local community to raise funds that are used to support local veteran services. Panorama Farms has been the recent venue for our gathering to run both adult and children’s races. Highlights of the June 2023 race are posted.
