The East Coast Doughboys will have the busiest calendar of events in 2024 in five years. The 2024 calendar was released today with events in Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. The ECD are honored to be asked to … Read the rest
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NYC Veterans Day Parade 2023
The East Coast Doughboys kept up the tradition of marching in the annual New York City Veterans Day Parade, held Nov. 11, 2023. We had a fine turnout, and once more welcomed back the Living History crew from the USS … Read the rest
Flanders Fields Memorial 2023
For the 7th year in a row the East Coast Doughboys were invited to be the honor guard at the annual “In Flanders Fields” Memorial. This year musicians from Flanders came to perform The Last Post. The event is sponsored … Read the rest
Photos from 2021 Veterans Day Parade
After a one-year break in marching–because the 2020 edition was “virtual” due to the Coronavirus pandemic–the East Coast Doughboys fielded a smaller but not any less energetic turnout for the 2021 Veterans Day Parade on November 11 in Manhattan. It … Read the rest
Return to Flanders Field Memorial 2021
We have not had any in-person living history since the small turnout we got for the July 2020 WWI weekend at the Golden Age Air Museum. The Veterans Day parade was cancelled (or it was “virtual”). So we were thrilled … Read the rest
Veterans Day Parade Registration and Update
If you did not register to march in the Veterans Day Parade, do that right here. Also, the parade is pushed back one hour from last year, so it will be at Noon. We need to muster by 10:45. … Read the rest
Pre-Parade WWI Welcome Tour & Dinner Nov. 10
The third annual Pre-Veterans Day Welcome of WWI walking tour of memorials and group meals will be Sunday, November 10. This is also the Marine Corps birthday. All are welcome to attend, in uniform preferred. We will be out all … Read the rest
Veterans Day Parade 2019
Event Phone: 19175260597
- Parade Participant
November 11, 2019
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
The centennial of the first Armistice Day Parade will be Monday, November 11, 2019, in New York, New York. The parade begins at Madison Square Park and proceeds north on Fifth
Information & Registration for Governors Island 2019
The information page and registration page for Governors Island 2019 is now updated. The dates are September 14-15. New this year is living historians can camp overnight, Friday, Sept. 13, as well as Saturday, Sept. 14. Please read this page … Read the rest
In Flanders Field Honor Guard
The East Coast Doughboys were invited to the 10th Annual In Flanders Fields Memorial on May 16. The ceremony was held on at the Clinton War Memorial at DeWitt Clinton Park on the corner of 52nd Street and 11th Avenue … Read the rest