WREATH LAYING AT THE CHELSEA DOUGHBOY STATUE | After last year’s successful revival of a decades-old tradition (for the first time since the 1960s), the NYPD’s 10th Precinct Community Council once again invites you to join them in paying tribute to veterans, active duty members of the military, National Guard members and reservists. State Senator Brad Hoylman (whose office is providing the wreath) will attend, along with Auxiliary Officers of the 10th Precinct. The ceremony takes place in front of a 14-foot-tall granite stele, on which a bronze World War I soldier is displayed. What came to be known as The Chelsea Doughboy was installed on April 7, 1921.
The ceremony takes place on Wed., Nov. 11, rain or shine. It begins at approximately 10 a.m. and lasts around 15 minutes. Meet on the west side of Ninth Ave. (btw. W. 27th & W. 28th Sts.). For more info. on the history of the statue, visit nycgovparks.org/parks/chelsea-park/monuments/232.
VETERANS DAY PARADE | The largest Veterans Day Parade in the country — this year, commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the end of World War II and the 25th Anniversary of Desert Shield — begins at 10 a.m. at the Eternal Light Monument (Fifth Ave. at W. 24th St., next to Madison Square Park). Starting at approximately 11:30 a.m., the Parade proceeds up Fifth Ave., from 26th to 52nd St. For more info, visit americasparade.org.
INTREPID SEA, AIR & SPACE MUSEUM’S VETERANS DAY CEREMONY | Hundreds of veterans are expected to attend this tribute, which will include the presentation of the National Colors and a wreath laying in the Hudson River. Remarks will be made by Mayor’s Office of Veterans’ Affairs, Commissioner Loree Sutton, M.D., Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Retired); and Rear Admiral Cynthia M. Thebaud, Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 2.
Wed., Nov. 11, 3:30–4:30 p.m. at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum (Pier 86, at W. 46th St. & 12th Ave. The Pier ceremony is free. Museum admission is $24 for adults, $19 for ages 7-17, $12 for ages 3-6, free for children under 3 — and free to retired, active U.S. Military and U.S. veterans, during the run of “On the Line: Intrepid and the Vietnam War,” an exhibit scheduled through fall 2016. For more info, call 212-245-0072 or visit intrepidmuseum.org.
