Under a bright, sunny sky and with temperatures soaring close to 80 degrees, there were plenty of flags whipping in the wind along Escalon’s Main Street on Friday. The flags, placed there by the Escalon American Legion Post, set the stage for a downtown parade to kick off the community’s Veterans’ Day events. Veterans, city personnel, school and community groups, law enforcement, all marched or rode their way along the parade route, leaving from Coley, turning on to First and then heading along Main Street.