The commemoration, considered to be the nation’s largest Veterans Day tribute, will honor grand marshals from the Army, Navy and Marine Corps — including once-stranded NASA astronaut and retired Navy Capt. “The 250th anniversary … really ties us back to the beginning of the nation: this is when the Revolutionary War started,” said Mark Otto, executive director of the United War Veterans Council, which organizes the parade each year. Other grand marshals include former US Army calvary scout and Medal of Honor recipient Clinton Romesha — he returned his medal to the US 4th Infantry Division, claiming others at the Battle of Kamdesh against the Taliban were more deserving — and Stephen Peck, who served as a Marine officer in the Vietnam War and led the nation’s largest veterans services nonprofit, US VETS, for 28 years.
Author: Nicole Rosenthal
Published at: 2025-11-10 23:17:45
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