MISSION HILLS, Calif. (KABC) — The annual San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade made its method alongside Laurel Canyon Boulevard in a mile-long expression of gratitude for his or her service.
The parade started at 11:11 a.m. on the intersection of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and San Fernando Mission Boulevard and made its method south for 1.1 miles to Ritchie Valens Park.
Veterans‘ rode in convertibles and pickup vans festooned with American flags, waving to onlookers who confirmed their appreciation.
“It is a very particular, special occasion, most likely some of the particular days of my life,” Marine Corps. veteran Michael Curiel advised ABC7. “I bear in mind the folks I used to be with on a regular basis. They’re all the time in my thoughts and in my coronary heart. So it brings some pleasure that I can deliver them again in my head.
“I dream about them at evening typically, periodically,” Curiel added. “It by no means goes away.”
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was among the many native elected officers in attendance.
“I simply suppose that it is critically vital that the veterans which are in Los Angeles perceive that we respect and honor their service, and we have to have this chance to thank them,” Bass mentioned in an interview. “However to me, one of many greatest methods to thank the veterans is to be sure that there are not any homeless veterans on this metropolis of Los Angeles.”
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