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North Texas Veterans Day Events Reimagined Amid Pandemic

KERA | By Bekah Morr

Published November 10, 2020 at 5:00 PM CST

Recruits stand in four straight lines with right arms raised as officer stands before them with parade crowd behind them. — U.S. Marine recruits take the Oath of Enlistment before the start of the 2017 Veterans Day parade in Dallas.

Veterans Day in North Texas will look a bit different this year. Organizations have made changes to Wednesday's ceremonies honoring U.S. service members and created virtual events in light of COVID-19.

The Greater Dallas Veterans Foundation plans to host a virtual event in place of the annual parade and celebration outside Dallas City Hall.

That event will be accessible via the group's Facebook page.

Scott Murray, CEO of Murray Media, usually hosts the opening ceremonies and helped announce the change in a video message in September.

"We hope you will join us to honor those from the Greatest Generation as we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII in 1975," Murray said in the message. "We came together as a country then, so let us come together again for those who have sacrificed so much for us all."

Greater Dallas Veterans Foundation PSA 2020 Veterans Day Parade

In Fort Worth, the Tarrant County Veterans Council will host a downtown motorcade in place of the usual parade. It begins at 11 a.m. Wednesday.

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