The Philadelphia Veterans Parade will take place on Sunday, Nov. 8.
The parade will start at noon at Broad and Walnut streets. It will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War and the 25th anniversary of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
The one-mile parade travels north on Broad Street around City Hall and then east on Market Street before ending at Independence Mall.
The parade will feature a jump by a parachute team, cadets from the Naval and Military academies, the Philadelphia City Troop Calvary, Buffalo Soldiers, a 30-by-60-foot flag, military vehicles and several junior ROTC groups.
In addition, there will be military units, civic and youth groups, businesses, high school marching bands and about 250 motorcyclists. A special feature of the parade, in anticipation of the Army/Navy game on Dec. 12, will be representation from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy.
Special recognition will be accorded for individual representatives of all armed services from all wars, including Tuskegee airmen, Montford Point Marines and Pearl Harbor survivors.
The All Veterans Parachute Team will drop in front of Independence Hall at about 12:30 p.m.
The Buffalo Soldiers of the 38th Infantry Regiment will participate, as will numerous American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and Vietnam Veterans of America posts.
For more information, visit www.phillyveteransparade.org or the Phillyvetparade page on Facebook. ••
