New York City commemorated the 106th Veterans Day Parade on Tuesday with a wreath-laying ceremony and march along 5th Avenue in honor of a quarter-millennium of US military service.

The event began in Madison Square Park at around 11 a.m. on Nov. 11 with a special wreath-laying ceremony attended by veterans themselves. This celebration marked 250 years of US military service, and saluted the three branches of service (Army, Marine Corps, and Navy).

“We are reminded that the price of freedom is never free. From age to age, freedom comes at a significant high cost. Today, as it has been for most of this century, but perhaps more so than ever before, a dangerous world faces those who wear the cloth of our nation,” said Bruce Mosler, co-chairman of the Intrepid Museum's board of trustees. “O

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