Veterans Day Parade returns to NYC after 2020 cancellation
The Veterans Day Parade has returned to New York’s Fifth Avenue after being canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic last year
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Your support makes all the difference.The Veterans Day Parade returned to New York s Fifth Avenue on Thursday after being canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic last year.
The 102nd annual parade featured marching units, vintage military vehicles and elected officials including Mayor Bill de Blasio
“It is a day to remember and to honor, but it should be the first day of what then becomes 365 days of honoring veterans through real actions,” the Democratic mayor said at a ceremony in Madison Square Park that kicked off the Veterans Day observance.
De Blasio added, “If anywhere in this city, if anywhere in this country there is a homeless veteran, then we are not finished. We all have more to do. If anywhere there is a veteran suffering from a mental health challenge who is not getting the help he or she needs, we are not finished.”
The parade was replaced by a socially distant pre-dawn car caravan in 2020.