Phoenix Veterans Day Parade - Honoring America's Veterans

Thank You.

We salute our veterans and their loved ones
in thanks for their patriotism & service to our country.

WHAT WE DO

We salute our veterans and their loved ones by thanking, honoring, and recognizing them for their service and patriotism to our country. This core value is why we host the Phoenix Veteran’s Day Parade, the Honor Our Heroes Campaign, the High School Essay Competition, and the Pearl Harbor Day Event. We do this because our veterans tell us that our gratitude, honor, and recognition can help them heal. Isn’t that inspiring? A thank you can mean so much.

This is why we host Arizona’s largest parade event each year—the Phoenix Veteran’s Day Parade. Glowing with tributes, recognition, and healing, this event is unique to our veterans and community. We’re not stopping there; we also hope to create other events to help us support this mission. And you can help!

The Parade

Join 45,000 specatators in Central Phoenix for this year’s parade. Let’s celebrate our veterans and patriotism!

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Give Now

Our heroes need your support, and it’s essential as we revitalize our efforts and get back to in-person events.

Will you help by donating today?

Get Involved

Our events are made possible by thousands of participants, hundreds of volunteers, and dozens of sponsors.

You can make a difference!

25 YEARS OF IMPACT

Spectators & Participants

State-Wide Exposure

Arizona Veterans Recognized

IN THEIR WORDS

“As the people cheer and support you along the parade route, it gives you that confidence that what you did to serve mattered. Step by step along the route, it was a healing event for me.”

“At Honoring America’s Veterans, it is vital for us to support our nation’s heroes through honor and recognition events. Our veterans tell us these events help them heal. We do so by honoring, celebrating, and recognizing them for their military service to our country.”

“When we came back from the Korean War, everyone turned their back on us. It was very difficult and very painful, and I carried that burden for over 60 years. And now, thanks to my experiences with the Phoenix Veterans Day Parade, I’m very proud to say that demon is gone. I am very grateful for the healing the Parade gave to me, and I will owe them a debt of gratitude for the rest of my life.”

“I served In the Navy from 1994 until 2007. Personally, the Phoenix Veterans Day Parade helped me acknowledge what had happened to me during my service and to help me heal. The Parade helped me get past the hurt. The community gratitude the Parade provides heals us. Words cannot describe it.”

CORPORATE PARADE ENTRY

If you’d like your organization to have a float, balloon, vehicle, marching group or other form of participation in the parade, we have a very limited number of opportunities available. Ask about our Silver Star sponsorship. It includes a parade entry, an ad in the parade program, passes to parade VIP seating, seats at the parade victory party, a logo on parade volunteer t-shirts and our website, AND a verbal thank you by announcers during the parade.

It’s an incredible opportunity to showcase your employee veterans and patriotism!

Follow Us on YouTube

Find our 2020 Virtual Veteran’s Day Celebration here, along with other exclusive content.

Please join us on YouTube, and help us spread the word!

Join Us on Social Media

We share insights on ways we honor our veterans on each of our social media channels. You can find them on the upper right hand side of this page by clicking on the icons at the top.

When is the Parade?

HAV will be hosting the Phoenix Veteran’s Day Parade on Friday, November 11, 2021.

Did you know it was first known as Armistice Day, in honor of the signing of the Armistice to end World War I?

Our heroes. Their stories.

If you or someone you love is a military veteran, please join us and share your gratitude on our virtual ‘Thank You Veterans’ wall. You can connect with us on Facebook and Instagram, tag us, and share what the saying “Thank You Veterans” means to you.

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