‘Honoring those who served’: Crowds gather for Pittsburgh’s annual Veterans Day parade

Patricia Blazewick clutched two American flags in her red-gloved hands as she waited for Pittsburgh’s annual Veterans Day parade to begin.

Blazewick, 81, of White Hall, was there to surprise her husband, who marched with a group of fellow Vietnam War veterans down Downtown Pittsburgh’s Grant Street and onto the Boulevard of the Allies.

“They sacrificed a lot for our country,” Blazewick said of the veterans the parade honors. “It does deserve some acknowledgement.”…

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