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Veterans Day Parade...November 11, 2011
Birmingham, Alabama plays host each year to the largest Veterans Day parade in the USA. Marching bands, soldiers, horsemen, motorcades, patriots young and old will parade through downtown Birmingham, while thousands of spectators wave Old Glory in honor of America's brave veterans.
History of the Veterans Day Parade
In 1918,
on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh month, the world
rejoiced and celebrated. After four years of bitter war, an armistice
was signed. The "war to end all wars" was over.
November 11, 1919 was set aside as Armistice Day in the United States,
to remember the sacrifices that men and women made during World War I
in order to ensure a lasting peace. On Armistice Day, soldiers who survived
the war marched in a parade through their hometowns. Birmingham lays claim
to the oldest and largest of these parades, as the city prepares to stage
its 55th annual Veterans Day celebration.
Parade Route
The parade
begins at 8th Avenue North and 19th Street. The procession heads south
on 19th Street to 5th Avenue North, east on 5th Avenue to 21st Street,
south on 21st Street to 2nd Avenue North, west on 2nd Avenue to
18th Street, north on 18th Street to 6th Avenue North. |
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