By Robert Wirsing
The Bronx Veterans Parade Task Team, Inc. hosted its fourth annual Bronx Veterans Day Parade on Saturday, November 4 in Crotona Park.The annual event commemorating our nation’s war veterans began with a parade on East 175th Street and Crotona Parkway going toward East 180th Street and the Old West Farms Soldiers’ Cemetery. A memorial ceremony honoring the country’s fallen service members was held inside the cemetery where veterans gave a 21-gun salute and planted flags at the veterans’ graves.
Grand marshal La’Tanga Blair made some brief remarks before the ceremony.
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Grand marshal La’Tanga Blair (back, c) with The Bronx Veterans Parade Task Team, Inc.Photo by Silvio Pacifico
Theodore Roosevelt High School JROTC attended the somber memorial.
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The NYC Grey Cadets paid their respects to the nation’s fallen veterans.
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Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr. displayed his award as he spoke at the ceremony.
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