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WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 24, 2010) — The 2010 National Memorial Day Parade will pay tribute to the pride, sacrifice and service of America's Veterans with a lineup of veterans units, marching bands and patriotic floats. The annual procession begins at 2:00 PM (Eastern) on Monday, May 31.

The National Memorial Day Parade will be televised live on the Military Channel and will also be presented through a live webcast at www.military.com.

The parade will pause at 3:00 PM for a moment of silence which will be followed by a performance of Amazing Grace by Anthony Kearns, a founding member of the Irish Tenors.

The parade route begins at the corner of Constitution Avenue and 7th Street NW, travels west down Constitution past the White House, and ends at 17th Street.

The complete 2010 National Memorial Day Parade lineup in order of appearance is shown below.

2010 National Memorial Day Parade Order
As of May 22, 2010

1. Metropolitan Police Lead Car and Motor "V"
2. U-Haul Banner
3. U-Haul Unit
4. Lead Banner carried by The Young Marines
5. American Veterans Center WWII Committee and National Vietnam Veterans Committee Banner carried by The Young Marines
6. In Memory Of Those Who Have Given Their Lives For Our Country Banner carried by The Young Marines
7. Riderless Horse
8. Band: Chesapeake Caledonian Pipes And Drums
8a. Sponsor Banner: Boeing
9. City Representative Banner
10. City Representative Office Of Veterans Affairs Timothy J. Smith
11. Marine Corps Color Guard from Marine Barracks Washington
12. ID Banner
13. Honorary Grand Marshal General Peter Pace
14. Band: Quantico Marine Corps Marching Band
15. Military Units
15a. Army Platoon - Echo Company 169th Battalion, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
15b. Marine Corps Platoon - Marine Barracks, Washington, DC, Alpha Company
15c. Navy Platoon - U.S. Navy Sailors in the National Capital Region
15d. Air Force Platoon
15f. Sponsor Banner: Hewlett Packard
15g. Sponsor Banner: G Fund/American Studies
16. Band: Ballou High School Band, Washington, DC
16a. ID Banner
16b. Marine Corps Heritage Float with Honorary Marshal - R. Lee Ermey
17. Banner - Medal Of Honor Recipients
18. Medal Of Honor Recipients
19. ID Banner
20. Joe Mantegna
20a Band: Franklin Area High School, Pennsylvania
21. ID Banner
22-23. The Wounded Warriors Float with Gary Sinise
23a. Women Marines Association
24. 5 Feather Flags
25. Native American Banner
26. Native Nations Dance Theatre
27. John Glenn School of Public Affairs Learning Community 30' X 50' Flag
28. Band: Central Union High School Band, California
29. 5 Feather Flags
30. Revolutionary War Banner
31. Band: Fifes And Drums of Yorktown
32. Sons of the American Revolution - Color Guard
33. 15' X 20' Betsy Ross Flag carried by The Young Marines
34. George and Martha Washington in a Horse Drawn Carriage
35. 15' X 20' Bennington Flag carried by The Young Marines
36. George Washington Chapter - Sons Of The American Revolution
36a. Sponsor Banner: American Airlines
36b. The Veteran Military Employee Resource Group
37. 5 Feather Flags
38. War Of 1812 Banner
39. Andrew Jackson portrayed by Scot Christenson
40. Ship's Company, Inc. - Maryland
41. Band: Marin County Schools Marching Band, California
42. 5 Feather Flags
43. Civil War Banner
44. Abraham Lincoln
45. Freed - Federal Re-Enactors of Distinction
46. Band: Carolina Fifes and Drums
47. Federal Generals Corp
48. Tom Tompkins - Single Civil War Horse Rider
49. Union Civil War Re-Enactors
50. Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Virginia
51. Band: Mercer Middle-Senior High School Band, Pennsylvania
52. Lee's Lieutenants
53. R.E. Lee Camp #726 - Sons of the Confederate Veterans, Provisional Forces of the Confederacy and Gary's Brigade
54. Deleted
55. Band: Absegami High School Band, New Jersey
56a. Sponsor Banner: Argon St
56. 5 Feather Flags
57. Spanish American War Banner
58. Roosevelt's Rough Riders WV Detachment, 1st US Volunteer Cavalry
59. Theodore Roosevelt - Arthur Thompson
60. Band: Barstow High School Band, California
61. Buffalo Soldiers - 9th & 10th Cavalry Association - Virginia
62. Deleted
63. 5 Feather Flags
64. World War I Banner
65. WWI Re-Enactor - Doughboy Sailors
66. Model A Ford Club Of America - George Washington Chapter
67. Band: J.E.B. Stuart High School Marching Band, Virginia
68. 5 Feather Flags
69. World War II Banner
70. World War II Veterans Committee Banner
71. ID Banner
72. Honorary Grand Marshal Hugh O'Brian
73. Edith Shain
74. Stories of Service with the Spirit Of '45 Alive
74a. World War II Veterans Float
75. Band: Elmwood-Murdock High School, Nebraska
76. ID Banner
77. Bob Feller Baseball Hall Of Famer
78. Pearl Harbor Survivors Association
79. F.D.R. riding in a 1927 Hupmobile Roadster
80. Band: Eastridge High School, New York
81. Veterans of Underage Military Service
82. Capital Wing of the Airman's Preservation WWII
82a. Lions Club Float

Moment of Silence followed by Taps and Amazing Grace

83-84. Band: 212 Regiment Marching Band, Minnesota
85. East Coast Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen
86. Japanese American Veterans Association Maryland
87. Swing Shift
88. Deleted
89. 99th Infantry Division WWII Washington, DC
90. MOAA - The Northern Virginia Chapter Military Officers Association of America
91. 82nd Airborne Division Association - DC Chapter
91a. Jon David
92. 101st Airborne Division Veterans Virginia
93. Band: Hoxie High School, Arkansas
94. Navy Club of the USA
95. Deleted
95a. R.V. Burgin portrayed in the HBO Series "The Pacific"
95b. ROC Veterans Association of Greater Washington
95c. World War II Veteran John Arkins
96. ID Banner: Allied Flags
97. World War II Allied Nations Flags carried by The Young Marines
98. 5 Feather Flags
99. Korean War Veterans Banner
100. ID Banner
101. Honorary Marshal Lt. Col. William Holmberg
101a. National Capital Region Mustang Club
102. Northeast Pennsylvania Mounted Veterans Equestrian
102a. Marine Corps League - Marine Corps Veterans
103. Deleted
103a. Band: Hayfield High School Band, Alexandria, Virginia
104. 5 Feather Flags
105. Vietnam War Veterans Banner
106. ID Banner
107. Honorary Marshal Ron Christmas
107a. Tragedy Assistance Program For Survivors
108. Rolling Thunder Maryland Chapter 1
109. Band: East Haven High School, Connecticut
110. Deleted
111. Vietnam War Veterans
112. Deleted
113. Military Order of the Purple Heart & Ladies Auxiliary - Chapter 353
113a. Republic of Vietnam Veterans Association Coalition of Washington, DC and Vicinity
114. Band: Everett High School, Michigan
115. 5 Feather Flags
116. Beirut Veterans of America
117. Band: Lakeland High School Band, Virginia
118. Operation Desert Storm Banner
119. ID Banner
120. Honorary Marshal Colonel Eddie Ray
120a. Navy Seals and the Morgan Franklin Banner
121. Band: Pentucket Regional High School, Massachusetts
122. Northern Virginia Trail Riders
123. Sponsor Banner: Kuwait
124. Kuwait Float
125. Band: Monett High School Band, Missouri
126. 5 Feather Flags
127. Operation Enduring Freedom & Operation Iraqi Freedom Banner
128. Band: Naval Academy Marching Band
129. Active Military
129a. Army Platoon - Echo Company 169th Battalion from Fort Belvoir, Virginia
129b. Marine Corps
129c. Navy
130. Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group
131. Active Military
131a. Air Force
131c. Sponsor Banner: Hewlett Packard
132. Band: Hallsville High School Band, Texas
133. US Naval Sea Cadets Corps carrying 150 American Flags
134. Deleted
135. Deleted
136. City University of New York
136a United War Veterans Council
137. National Association of American Veterans
138. F 14 Tomcat Model
139. Pennsylvania Space Shuttle Blake
140. Band: Massachusette Maritime Academy Regimental Band and Honor Guard
141. New Jersey Youth Challenge Military Academy
142. Great Mills High School Navy Junior ROTC
143. South Lakes Army JROTC
144. Paint Branch High School Navy JROTC
145. Deleted
146. Band: Peters Township High School Band, Pennsylvania
147. 5 Feather Flags
148. Ending Banner

For additional information, visit NationalMemorialDayParade.com. Marching bands interested to participate in future years can view the National Memorial Day Parade information on Marching.com.

Source material courtesy of the American Veterans Center.

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