NEW YORK (WABC) — On Friday, November 11, New York Metropolis and ABC7 honor the women and men who served with power and braveness.
The nation’s largest Veterans Day occasion, the New York Metropolis Veterans Day Parade, returns for its 103rd 12 months.
Practically 200,000 individuals can be marching up Fifth Avenue.
The parade takes place rain or shine and can be broadcast stay on WABC-TV Channel 7 and obtainable wherever you stream ABC 7 New York beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Veterans Day (11/11).
Be a part of David Novarro, Lauren Glassberg, and CeFaan Kim from Eyewitness News for this annual celebration.
This 12 months’s parade options practically 300 marching and car items, together with veteran teams, service suppliers, navy items and extra.
The primary Black Grasp Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard has been named Grand Marshal of the parade.
Over the course of his 30-year profession, Vince Patton visited 33 nations, sailed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and took half in additional than 50 search and rescues, all whereas incomes two bachelor’s levels, a Grasp’s diploma, and his Ph.D.
It has been an illustrious profession highlighted additional by the truth that at one level he was essentially the most senior enlisted member of the Coast Guard.
Produced by the United Battle Veterans Council (UWVC), the Parade offers the general public with the chance to salute our veterans and navy and raises consciousness for organizations working to serve their wants.
It’s the centerpiece of an annual citywide effort to honor our veterans neighborhood.
Spectators can view the parade anyplace alongside Fifth Avenue from the step-off level on twenty sixth Avenue to the tip on forty seventh Avenue.
You could find extra data on the New York Metropolis Veterans Day Parade web site.
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