Lack of participants and a loss of sponsorships have forced the cancellation of this year's Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade. Not enough groups registered by the Oct. 1 sign-up deadline to make the Nov.
2 parade viable, said organizers from the nonprofit Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade in a Friday news release. It's only the second time the parade has been canceled since its inaugural event in 2000. It was called off in 2020 because of the pandemic.
Whereas 87 groups participated last year, only 51 entries were confirmed for this year. A C-130 Hercules completes its flyover during the 2018 Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade that was held Saturday, November 3, 2018, in downtown Colorado Springs. This year's theme is "Celebrating 100 Years of Armistice/Veterans Day 1918-2018.
" The parade is held every year on the first Saturday of November. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) Members of the U.S.
Air Force Marching band make their way down Tejon St., during the 2018 Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade that was held Saturday, November 3, 2018, in downtown Colorado Springs. This year's theme is "Celebrating 100 Years of Armistice/Veterans Day 1918-2018.
" The parade is held every year on the first Saturday of November. (Photo by Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette) Army Sgt.Tonga H.
Tukumoeatu, a trombone player, stands while waiting for the start of the 2018 Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade that was held Saturday, November 3, 2018, in downtown Colorado Springs. This y.