New York City's 90th Annual Veterans Day Parade, one of the biggest in the U.S., steps off at 11:00 AM today on 5th Avenue, and will follow a route from 26th to 56th Streets.This year's parade, titled "The Blessings of Liberty", will feature a 21-gun salute, a military flyover, and the participation of the famed World War II Navajo Code Talkers.
From modest beginnings in 1919 after World War I, the New York City parade has grown in scope, scale and national significance.
Veterans Day is observed this year against a somber background: American soldiers are engaged in prolonged and bloody wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the nation is reeling from the shock of the Fort Hood massacre.
The article from CBS TV.
