1of6A Marine Corps officer watches vehicles pass in a Veterans Day parade, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 in New York. The 100-vehicle parade, with no spectators, was held during the coronavirus pandemic to maintain the 101-year tradition of veterans marching on Fifth Avenue.Mark Lennihan/APShow MoreShow Less2of6A vintage military vehicle drives in a Veterans Day parade, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 in New York. The 100-vehicle parade, with no spectators, was held during the coronavirus pandemic to maintain the 101-year tradition of veterans marching on Fifth Avenue.Mark Lennihan/APShow MoreShow Less3of6A Navy officer joins in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Eternal Light Flagstaff in Madison Square Park, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 in New York. The ceremony preceded a quiet 100-vehicle Veterans Day Parade, with no spectators, to maintain the 101-year tradition of veterans marching on Fifth Avenue.Mark Lennihan/APShow MoreShow Less4of6A Navy and Marine Corps honor guard joins in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Eternal Light Flagstaff in Madison Square Park, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 in New York. The ceremony preceded a quiet 100-vehicle Veterans Day Parade, with no spectators, to maintain the 101-year tradition of veterans marching on Fifth Avenue.Mark Lennihan/APShow MoreShow Less5of6A Navy and Marine Corps honor guard joins in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Eternal Light Flagstaff in Madison Square Park, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 in New York. The ceremony preceded a quiet 100-vehicle Veterans Day Parade, with no spectators, to maintain the 101-year tradition of veterans marching on Fifth Avenue.Mark Lennihan/APShow MoreShow Less6of6French veteran Jacques LeTalon plays the trumpet from a vintage French car as he participates in a Veterans Day parade, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 in New York. The 100-vehicle parade, with no spectators, was held during the coronavirus pandemic to maintain the 101-year tradition of veterans marching on Fifth Avenue.Mark Lennihan/APShow MoreShow Less
NEW YORK (AP) — A caravan of 100 vintage jeeps, private cars and other vehicles paraded down New York’s Fifth Avenue before dawn Wednesday in a socially distant Veterans Day observance.
The early morning car caravan was held in lieu of the parade that usually marks Veterans Day in New York. U.S. Navy officials laid wreaths at Madison Square Park’s eternal light flagstaff at 6 a.m. before reviewing the car parade.
A ceremony was planned later Wednesday at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, the former aircraft carrier USS Intrepid. Speakers at the invitation-only ceremony included Mayor Bill de Blasio and representatives from the museum and the Navy.
