2016 Veterans Parade Program Guide
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Philadelphia Veterans Parade Honorary Committee
Philadelphia Veterans Parade Honorary CommitteeHonorary Chair – Philadelphia Mayor James Kenney Honorary Chair -Phila Mayor James Kenney U.S. Rep. Robert A. Brady PA Lt. Gov. Mike Stack Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams Philadelphia Council President Darrell L. Clarke
Continue reading →Philadelphia Veterans Parade Adding a Veterans Festival !
This year’s Veterans parade is expanding the program by hosting a Veterans Festival which will start immediately following the parade. Location for the fair is at 5th and Market Streets. There will be live entertainment, food and beverages available as … Continue reading →
Philadelphia Veterans Parade Organizer Earns Recognition
August 10, 2016 – Steve Phillabaum, currently serving on the PVP Board of Directors recently earned the distinction as one of this year’s Veterans of Influence awarded by the Philadelphia Business Journal. A Naval Academy graduate who deployed twice to … Continue reading →
PHILADELPHIA’S 1ST VETERANS DAY PARADE AIRS LIVE ON 6ABC
CENTER CITY (WPVI) — People lined up early in Center City on Sunday to pay tribute to Philadelphia-area veterans. The first annual Philadelphia Veterans Day Parade aired live Sunday afternoon on 6abc. The parade not only honored members of all … Continue reading →
Philly’s First Veterans Parade Day Marches Through City
By Molly Daly, Rahel Solomon PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Philadelphia’s first Veterans Day parademarched through Center City Sunday, winding its way from Broad and Walnut to Independence Hall. The sunny, cool weather was perfect for a parade. Police on motorcycles led … Continue reading →
With parade and parachutes, City honors Philadelphia-area veterans
Serafin Natal had trouble walking in Philadelphia’s first Veterans Day Parade on Sunday. But he would not stop. The 65-year-old Navy man had beaten renal cancer caused by exposure to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. Doctors took a kidney … Continue reading →
Philadelphia Veterans Parade to be “Spectacular”
October 30, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Philadelphia Veterans Parade on Nov. 8 promises to be a spectacular event with a jump by a parachute team, cadets from the Naval and Military academies, the Philadelphia City Troop Calvary, Buffalo Soldiers, … Continue reading →
A Philly first: a parade for veterans
October 25, 2015 – Philly News After decades of parades for all reasons, Philadelphia will hold its first citywide veterans parade on Nov. 8. “In some ways it’s strange that Philly didn’t have one, but now we do,” said Scott … Continue reading →
How Philadelphia got its first official Veterans’ Parade
SHORTLY AFTER his appointment last year as director of the Veterans Advisory Commission, Scott C. Brown noticed something that was missing. Philadelphia had no veterans parade. As a Navy veteran, Brown found that puzzling – and disheartening. He did some … Continue reading →