GAIL KNIGHT TO LEAD PARADE.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE - Gail Knight will be grand marshal Grand Marshal is a ceremonial, military, or political office of very high rank. The term has its origins with the word "Marshal" with the first usage of the term "Grand Marshal" as a ceremonial title for certain religious orders. of the Palmdale Christmas parade, which will be named for her late husband. The William J. ``Pete'' Knight Christmas Parade, sponsored by the Palmdale Chamber of Commerce, will take place Dec. 11 along Palmdale Boulevard. ``Pete Knight was not only a great ambassador of the community but he was also a great friend of this chamber,'' parade co-chairman Scott White said. ``The Christmas parade has always been a lot of fun, ever since I was a kid.'' In keeping with naming the 2004 parade for Knight, an Air Force fighter pilot and test pilot before he became Palmdale's mayor and Antelope Valley's state senator Noun 1. state senator - a member of a state senate senator - a member of a senate , the parade theme will be ``Come Fly With Me.'' The parade will begin at 10 a.m. Dec. 11 at 20th Street East and head west to Poncitlan Square on 9th Street East at Avenue Q-9. A holiday festival with Santa Claus Santa Claus: see Nicholas, Saint. Santa Claus jolly, gift-giving figure who visits children on Christmas Eve. [Christian Tradition: NCE, 1937] See : Christmas Santa Claus , games, crafts, food and a patch of real snow will take place from noon to 4 p.m. at the square. Knight died May 7 from leukemia at age 74. Before going into politics, he had a 32-year career in the Air Force, earning three Distinguished Flying Crosses in Vietnam and setting a speed record in an X-15 rocket plane rocket plane n. 1. An aircraft powered by one or more rocket engines. 2. An aircraft designed to carry and launch rockets. at Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. . In 1984, two years after his Air Force retirement, Knight was elected to the Palmdale City Council, and he later was elected mayor. Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley voters sent Knight to the state Assembly in 1992, then to the state Senate in 1996, representing a district that runs from Ventura County to the Victorville area. |
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