Third annual Veterans Day Parade returning to Rochester

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – The third annual Veterans Day Parade is coming back to Rochester on November 9!

The parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the corner of South Goodman Street and Highland Avenue and will continue up Highland Avenue to the Greater Rochester Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Gary Beikirch Park on South Avenue.

The Grand Marshal of this year’s parade will be ‘The Vietnam Veteran’ to recognize the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. The parade will include a float that will carry members of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 20 as the centerpiece of the parade.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter and radio host Alan ‘Brother Wease’ Levin served as the parades Grand Marshal in the past.

The parade will also include musical marching units, veterans service organizations, law enforcement, military-style vehicles, high ranking active-duty service members and groups representing veterans of all eras and military branches.

An Honor Ceremony will take place immediately after the parade at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

If anyone is interested in registering to participate in the parade and honor ceremony you can visit this website for more information.

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