退伍军人节去哪纪念:阿灵顿全国仪式上午11时举行、纽约 Fifth Avenue 大游行同日登场
11月11日(周三)退伍军人节,全美各地举行纪念活动。全国退伍军人节仪式于上午11时在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿国家公墓纪念露天剧场举行,这是第73届全国纪念仪式;上午10时30分起有美国海岸警卫队乐队与空军歌唱中士的前奏演出,仪式包含在无名战士之墓献花圈。
纽约市的美国大游行(America's Parade)同日在 Fifth Avenue 举行,是全美规模最大的退伍军人节游行之一,数千名退伍军人、军乐队与纪念花车参加。亚拉巴马州伯明翰的退伍军人节游行是全美历史最久的同类游行,始于1947年,由二战老兵 Raymond Weeks 发起。
退伍军人事务部与退伍军人节全国委员会今年选定24个州的48处区域场所举办官方认可的纪念活动,各地社区另有学校与市政纪念安排。计划前往阿灵顿的游客应预留安检与步行时间。
(来源:美国退伍军人事务部)
Where to Mark Veterans Day: Arlington Ceremony at 11 a.m., New York's America's Parade on Fifth Avenue
Veterans Day observances take place across the United States on Wednesday, November 11. The National Veterans Day Ceremony, the 73rd annual national observance, begins at 11 a.m. at the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, preceded at 10:30 a.m. by the U.S. Coast Guard Band and the U.S. Air Force Singing Sergeants and a wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
New York City's America's Parade marches up Fifth Avenue the same day, one of the nation's largest Veterans Day parades, with thousands of veterans, military bands and floats. Birmingham, Alabama, hosts the country's oldest Veterans Day parade, begun in 1947 by World War II veteran Raymond Weeks.
The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Veterans Day National Committee selected 48 regional sites across 24 states for officially recognized observances this year, alongside local school and community events. Visitors to Arlington should allow time for security screening and walking.
(Source: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
来源：美国退伍军人事务部
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