{"id":36507,"date":"2025-11-11T22:40:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T22:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/36507\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T22:40:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T22:40:17","slug":"new-york-citys-veterans-day-parade-salutes-250-years-of-us-military-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/36507\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City\u2019s Veterans Day Parade salutes 250 years of US military service"},"content":{"rendered":"

Across the nation Tuesday, Americans honored the men and women who have served in uniform for Veterans Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In New York City, the 106th annual Veterans Day Parade commemorates the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army<\/a>, Navy<\/a> and Marine Corps, the three military service branches founded during the Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s parade features veterans from every generation of service since World War II<\/a>, with three grand marshals representing each of the historic branches.<\/p>\n

NYC\u00a0parade\u00a0honors Army,\u00a0Navy and\u00a0Marine\u00a0Corps<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s festivities began with a group \u201cruck march,\u201d a form of military fitness training that strengthens muscles and endurance, preparing troops for the physical demands of battle, with participants wearing weighted rucksacks.<\/p>\n

The troops marched through war memorials and historic landmarks across Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn before merging into the parade to help carry a large American flag up 5th Avenue.<\/p>\n

The Veterans Day Parade features more than 200,000 marchers, 150 vehicles and 25 floats \u2014 the nation\u2019s largest celebration honoring military service.<\/p>\n

Parade grand marshals represent each branch<\/p>\n

Army Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Clinton Lavor Romesha<\/a> will lead the Army delegation. A third-generation veteran, Romesha earned the nation\u2019s highest military honor for heroism during the 2009 battle of Kamdesh in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Representing the Marine Corps is Stephen Peck<\/a>, a Vietnam veteran and senior adviser of U.S. VETS, the nation\u2019s largest nonprofit dedicated to ending veteran homelessness. The son of actor Gregory Peck, he\u2019s also a filmmaker, known for his documentary \u201cFar From Home,\u201d which spotlights homeless Vietnam veterans in Venice, California.<\/p>\n

For the Navy, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams<\/a> joins as grand marshal. In March, Williams completed a 286-day mission<\/a> aboard the International Space Station, setting a record for the most time spent spacewalking by a woman \u2014 62 hours and 6 minutes.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s logged more than 3,000 flights in over 30 aircraft, demonstrating exceptional skill and versatility as both a naval aviator and test pilot.<\/p>\n

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