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Veterans ride on the POW/MIA float during the Lawrence Veterans Day Parade in downtown Lawrence on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

Lawrence’s Veterans Day Parade returned to Massachusetts Street for its seventh year on Saturday. The parade featured a host of veterans from all branches of the military, and the Rev. Verdell Taylor, a U.S. Army veteran, former pastor and current staff member at LMH Health, served as grand marshal.

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Flags wave from the cars in the annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Lawrence on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

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Members of the Daughters of the American Revolution participate in the annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Lawrence on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

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Veterans ride on the Navy and United States Marine Corps float during the Lawrence Veterans Day Parade in downtown Lawrence on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

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The Rev. Verdell Taylor, the grand marshal of the 2024 Lawrence Veterans Day Parade, waves to spectators on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

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Girl Scouts service unit 716 of Douglas County walks in the annual Lawrence Veterans Day Parade on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

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American Legion Honor Guard members take part in the annual Lawrence Veterans Day Parade on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

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Spectators wave flags at the annual Lawrence Veterans Day Parade on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

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Violette Brintnall, 3, waves a flag with her mother, Brittany Cummings, during the annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Lawrence on Saturday, Nov. 9 2024. They were attending the parade with Brittany’s husband, Caleb Brintnall, who was a staff sergeant/EOD in the Marines.

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A veteran carries a sign in the annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Lawrence on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

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Members of the Sons of the American Revolution participate in the annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Lawrence on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

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Representatives of Douglas County Visiting Nurses Association participate in the annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Lawrence on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

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The Civil Air Patrol youth color guard participates in the annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Lawrence on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

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The Haskell Indian Nations University color guard participates in the annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Lawrence on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

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A WWII Jeep from 1944 rolls past in the annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Lawrence on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.