When Al Severson picks up the microphone on Monday, Nov. 11, to announce the Albany Veterans Day Parade, it will be his 50th year of service in the event and his 30th doing the talking.
In the fall of 1974, Severson, now 73, was a drill instructor in the Oregon National Guard’s 2nd
Battalion Infantry, headquartered on Maple Street in Lebanon.
His day job was with Dan B. and Larry Roth’s New and Used Furniture…