PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Despite the rain, thousands marched down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Sunday afternoon for the 11th Annual Philadelphia Veterans Parade ahead of Veterans Day on Tuesday.
For Chrystal, it was her first Veterans Parade in person, but she said she’s been watching on TV for years because military service runs in her family.
“It’s a long line. I have two uncles that were in the military… both in the Army. I had an uncle that was in the Marines; my son is in the Air Force,” she said…