The annual World War II Mid-Day Parade, presented by Downtown Reading and the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, in the 500 block of Penn Street on Friday kicked off the 35th Annual World War II Weekend through Sunday at Reading Regional Airport.
Lauren Wilkinson, left, of Cottage Grove, Minn., and Caitlin McKay of Hastings, Minn., portray nurses from the Army Nurse Corps during the World War II Mid-Day Parade in downtown Reading on Friday, June 5, 2026. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)
Jerry Sims of Muhlenberg Township, left, and Brian Goshert of Carlisle work on a leaky fuel pump on their Ford quarter-ton vehicle during the World War Mid-Day Parade in downtown Reading on Friday, June 5, 2026 (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)
American soldiers ride into Penn Square during the World War II Mid-Day Parade in downtown Reading on Friday, June 5, 2026. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)
James Swope, coordinator of the World War II Weekend, speaks in downtown Reading on Friday, June 5, 2026. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)
The Sentimental Journey, a B-17 from the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa, Ariz., flies over the World War II Mid-Day Parade in downtown Reading on Friday, June 5, 2026. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)
Army and Navy brass relax in the shade of an umbrella during the World War II Mid-Day Parade in downtown Reading on Friday, June 5, 2026. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)
Trinity Griffitts of Lancaster portrays a wartime civilian during the World War II Mid-Day Parade in downtown Reading on Friday, June 5, 2026. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)
American soldiers mingle on Penn Square during the World War II Mid-Day Parade in downtown Reading on Friday, June 5, 2026. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)
The Berks County commissioners and their staff are photographed with reenactors during the World War II Mid-Day Parade in downtown Reading on Friday, June 5, 2026. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)
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The Sentimental Journey, a B-17 from the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa, Ariz., flies over the World War II Mid-Day Parade in downtown Reading on Friday, June 5, 2026. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)