Frank Salcido Garcia, a 100-year-old World War II and Korean War veteran, rides in the San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 11, 2025, along Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Los Angeles.Residents and nuns at the Mother Gertrude Balcazar Home for Senior Citizens displayed a banner reading “Honoring Our USA Troops” as the parade passed by on Laurel Canyon Boulevard.Nuns from the Mother Gertrude Balcazar Home for Senior Citizens waved American flags as the San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade passed by on Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Pacoima on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025.Spectators, including families and children, lined the sidewalks along Laurel Canyon Boulevard to watch the San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade.Members of the San Fernando High School Marching Band and Cheer Team performed during the San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade along Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Pacoima on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025.Community members, including members of the Optimist Club, displayed posters reading “Respect, Honor, Gratitude” and “Because of You, We Are Free” during the parade.Cadets from the Van Nuys High School Wolfpack Battalion marched in the San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade along Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Pacoima on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025.Veterans waved from a decorated parade float displaying a banner that read “Thank You Veterans, Honoring All Who Served.”A blue convertible carrying Honorary Grand Marshal Frank Salcido Garcia, a 100-year-old U.S. Navy veteran who served from 1944 to 1952, led participants near the start of the San Fernando Valley Veterans Day Parade.
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