India, Nov. 11 -- Tuesday's 106th annual Veterans Day Parade will honor three trailblazing grand marshals as the Big Apple commemorates a remarkable 250 years of military service in the United States. Grand marshals from the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps will be felicitated during the Veterans Day celebration in US. Retired Navy Capt. Sunita "Suni" Williams, who was stranded in space due to an extended spaceflight mission, will also receive the honour.

According to Mark Otto, executive director of the United War Veterans Council, which hosts the annual parade, "the 250th anniversary... really ties us back to the beginning of the nation: this is when the Revolutionary War started," NY POST reported.

"This is when America was but a dream, ...