Several paraders threw candy from vehicles as they drove down Liberty Avenue, including this man with the Blue Star Mothers of SW PA. A trumpeter from the Plum High School Marching Band plays taps.Service members and parade officials salute as the Plum High School Marching Band plays the national anthem.Members of the Vietnam Veterans Inc. Honor Guard march while holding flags for the United States, POWMIA, Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania. Clayten Welsh holds a sign honoring his grandpap, Michael, who fought with the U.S. Army in the Persian Gulf. A mother and her child wave as paraders pass by. A woman waves a flag on the side of a parking garage as marchers pass below a giant American flag on Liberty Avenue. Parade attendees stand alongside Liberty Avenue. A man selling American flags, gloves, hats and sweatshirts walks up and down Liberty Avenue before the start of the parade. “Thank you veterans!” replaces the destination ticker on a bus that rides alongside marchers. On the side of it is a photo of a soldier and the message “We salute our Veterans.”Members of the VFW rode on motorcycles and revved their engines as they led the parade. Bob Kauer (left), a U.S. military veteran who served in Vietnam, signs the helmet of Archie Leventry, 10, (middle) and Carson Warren, 10, who are both dressed as soldiers. Members of the Pittsburgh Area Marine Corps League wave out of the side of a van. The North Allegheny High School Marching Band marches down Liberty Avenue.
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