Veterans Day Parade in Milwaukee,Wisconsin

The Veterans Day Parade in Milwaukee Wisconsin is an annual event in this Great Lakes city and state. Sure during much of the autumn residents of the Milwaukee area are busy building their "cheese heads" and painting on some green and gold so they can better focus on the men in uniform on Lambeau Field, the Green Bay Packers. But each November a great big time out is called and local citizens step up and show up for the Veterans Day Parade in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and remember those men and women who have given and are giving their time, effort and in some cases their very lives in the cause of national liberty and international peace. The long tradition of the Veterans Day Parade in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is proof that in Wisconsin they love their Packers , but they also support and reverence their soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and coast guard

So When's the Parade. This year's calendar has resulted in a very diverse scheduling of Veterans Day Parades in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and across the nation. November 11 falls on a Sunday, a day not favored in some areas for public parading. This has meant that some locations will be parading a day later or a week earlier. In Milwaukee Wisconsin, the Veterans Day Parade will be conducted on Saturday November 10 at 11 a. m . Special honorees will include former POW/MIA veterans and their families. During a time of active warfare it is more than appropriate to pay special tribute to the unique suffering and hardship endured by those among our veterans who have served out part of their active service as prisoners of war or have been designated as missing in action. Honoring such veterans pays honor to their sacrifice to their deeds and gives support to their families.

Unique Parade History in Wisconsin. For some 37 years the Veterans Day Parade in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was a tradition, but as we moved closer and closer to the new millennium it was determined that the original support that had once fostered this parade was on the decline. The parade reluctantly was abandoned .