Flags, families and thousands of veterans lined Main Street to honor military members past and present for the 53rd Auburn Veterans Parade on Saturday.
The 2½-hour parade presented more than 200 entries and nearly 6,000 participants and included more than 25 marching bands and local Junior ROTC units, honor guards, military units and antique military vehicles. Spectators saw a procession of veteran units, drill teams, community and scouting groups, intermixed with floats, antique and classic cars and other entries of interest.
This year’s parade paid special tribute to the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), an organization congressionally chartered and exclusively dedicated to Vietnam-era veterans and their families.