National Memorial Day Parade
The parade will feature close to 200 groups including marching bands, active duty and retired military units, youth groups and floats, plus hundreds of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm and Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom veterans. The United States Air Force will also conduct a flyover.
Celebrities Attending the Parade:
The parade’s announcer, Adrian Cronauer, the disc jockey portrayed by Robin Williams in the movie Good Morning, Vietnam!- “Lt. Dan” from the movie Forrest Gump, actor Gary Sinise.
- Singer Pat Boone, who will sing “For My Country,” prior to the parade.
- 105 year old Frank Buckles, one of only three living American veterans of World War I (which ended in 1917). And Buckles still does 50 sit-up every day.
- Seven of Doolittle’s Raiders, who on April 18, 1942 left the aircraft carrier USS Hornet in 16 B-25 bombers to bomb the Japanese mainland and notably Tokyo for the first time.
- Col. Walker “Bud” Mahurin, America’s greatest living “ace” pilot. He fly fighters in the European and Pacific theaters in WWII, and in Korea, where he was shot down and became a POW.
- Seven Medal of Honor recipients, several veterans of from the 101st Airborne Division, the “Screaming Eagles” aka The Band of Brothers.
- Cleveland Indian’s Hall of Fame pitcher and WWII vet, Bob Feller.
2nd Annual National Memorial Day Parade
Constitution Avenue - Fourth to 15th Streets
Washington, DC
Date and Time - Monday, May 28th, 2:00 p.m. The parade will pause for one minute while Taps is played at 3:00 p.m., for the National Moment of Remembrance.
Parade Route - The parade starts at Fourth St. and Madison Dr., NW and proceed one block to Constitution Ave. and follow Constitution to 15th St. NW.
Tickets - no tickets required
Nearest Metro subway station - Smithsonian or Federal Triangle - Orange line, Foggy Bottom - Blue line, Farragut West - Orange and Blue lines
Parking - Parking will be tough as last year around 150,000 attended the parade, Metro is your best bet.
Photos: From the 2006 parade, courtesy of The American Veteran Center.
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It is with great honor that our local school band was chosen to participate in the 2007 Memorial Day Parade in Washington DC. I was a chaperone for the Everett Area High School Marching Band from Everett, Pennsylvania and had the privilege to march with the band. We were 149 out of 165 units and we had a long wait but it was well worth it to be able to march in Washington D.C and know we were honoring our country men and women who have served and are now serving our country. We were extremely honored to have our students play “TAPS” at the 3:00 hour. We are very proud of our band and its fearless leader, Mr. Daniel Atwood, who puts in many long hours with the students. Brt those long hours and days pays off in the end. Because of that dedication we were in Washington D.C May 28, 2007 for the parade. Thank you again for the honor.