I have served on the Parkersburg Homecoming Festival Board since about 1990…..and this year I could not be more proud of the Board of Directors for selecting the Volunteers of the local American Red Cross to be the GRAND MARSHAL for the Parkersburg Homecoming Festival. This year the festival theme will be “West Virginia Strong”. What a great weekend it will be! THANK YOU AMERICAN RED CROSS. photo credit BRETT KLINE, Parkersburg News & Sentinel.