Tuesday, November 16, 2010

91st Veterans Day Parade (NYC) Vids and pics

  November 11, 2010, New York City, and the 91st Annual Veterans Day Parade.

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 Love this Parade and seeing so many Veterans march with their families made it all even more wonderful. It was fabulous!

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I understand this is the largest Veterans Day Parade and that his year there were more than 20,000 participants in the parade with over 3,000 Active Duty. Amazing! 

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 Viet Nam Vets, WW2 Vets, Korean Conflict, Afganistan and Iraq. Too many Veterans Groups to list, but we have loads of pictures and lots of video. (scroll down for videos)

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Jimmy McMillan of "The Rent is Too Damn High" Party  marched with his fellow Veterans, the Black Lions...

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And there was the  amazing Buzz Aldrin (and his wife):

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The Parade started at about 11 AM. We  caught the parade from 1 PM to about 3:15 PM and was still going strong when we left.... 

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  The Parade Theme this year was "Freedom Isn't Free"and  the air was filled with "Thank you for your service" applause for all of our Vets (and their families ) as they passed-by the Reviewing Stand. 

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Well-deserved Thanks for  all who have served and sacrificed to Keep America Safe and Strong.


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The Salute to our Fallen and their Families, was a very moving and emotional moment in the Parade.

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 There seemed to be a bit of uncertainty when the Chinese walked by...American Vets...?Chinese Vets...? The Reviewing Stand seemed unsure who they were thanking...


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Near the end of Part 1, our Vets from the Iraq/Afganistan campaigns, marched-by . There were so many who marched by!  Young, enthusiastic and proud to be an American.

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 Part 2

 

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 Slide Show of many more pictures:



There were unfortunately, Anti-America Seditionists (and  "Death Car") marching in the parade. They should have marched in their own parade. See Post here>>

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