NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — We want to give a special thank you to our veterans! The 2025 Nashville Veterans Day Parade was held on Broadway on Tuesday. A chill in the air didn't stop a huge crowd.

As expected, that crowd contained many great stories of people who served their country. Actually, there was a pretty great story in the very first family I met at the event.

"This is my youngest daughter, my oldest daughter, and my grandson, Bryce," said Rogers Buchanan, pointing to each family member sitting with him downtown.

"You wanted to bring everybody out here today!" I told him.

"Oh yeah, they wanted to come support veterans with me."

As a teenager in La Vergne in the 1960s, Buchanan knew what he wanted for his life.

"Oh, I was always proud to be a Marine," he said. "That's all I ev

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