Veterans Day Parade (Saturday Morning) Nov. 9th

Monroe County Executive Adam Bello announced Monroe County’s Third Annual Veterans Day Parade will be held Saturday, November 9, 2024. The parade will kick off at 10:30 a.m. at the corner of South Goodman Street and Highland Avenue and proceed up Highland Avenue to the Greater Rochester Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Gary Beikirch Park on South Avenue. The Grand Marshal of this year’s parade will be “The Vietnam Veteran,” in recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. A float will carry members of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 20 as the centerpiece of the parade.

Monroe County Sheriff Todd K. Baxter and longtime radio host Alan “Brother Wease” Levin have served as the parade’s Grand Marshal in previous years. This year’s parade will include musical marching units, veterans’ service organizations, law enforcement, military-style vehicles, high-ranking active duty service members and groups representing veterans of all eras and military branches. A family-oriented Honor Ceremony will immediately follow at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Source: Monroe County