Wednesday, November 12, 2014

NYC Veterans Day parade

NYC Veterans Day parade
Performers from the Wounded Warrior Project ride a float during the Veterans Day parade on Fifth Avenue in New York on Nov. 11, 2014.





Thousands of veterans and their supporters marched up Fifth Avenue in New York, home to the nation's oldest Veterans Day parade. The holiday known as Armistice Day held special meaning in the centennial year of the start of World War I. At 11 a.m. — the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month — a solemn hush fell over Manhattan's Madison Square Park as veterans laid wreaths under the Eternal Light Monument to honor the fallen. (AP)
Source: YAHOO

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